Structure of Government
This branch is responsible for interpreting laws.
What is the Judicial Branch?
The legislative branch of the federal government is also known as this.
What is Congress?
The Articles of Confederation were the United States’ first attempt at this.
What is a national government?
This person is the head of the Executive Branch.
Who is the President?
The year the Constitutional Convention took place.
What is 1787?
The system that divides power between the national and state governments.
What is federalism?
The number of Senators each state has.
What is two?
A rebellion that exposed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
This branch article of the Constitution outlines the powers of the Executive Branch.
What is Article II?
The purpose of the Constitutional Convention.
What is to revise the Articles of Confederation?
This principle ensures no single branch of government becomes too powerful.
What is checks and balances?
The agreement that established a bicameral legislature with proportional representation in one chamber and equal representation in the other.
What is the Connecticut Compromise (The Great Compromise)?
The main reason the American Revolution was significant.
What is it established the United States as an independent nation?
The President’s advisory group, made up of the heads of executive departments.
What is the Cabinet?
The state where the Constitutional Convention was held.
What is Pennsylvania?
The highest court in the United States.
What is the Supreme Court?
A key Supreme Court case that affirmed Congress's implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)?
The main weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
What is the inability to tax or enforce laws?
A Supreme Court case that limited the President’s power to seize private property during wartime.
What is Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952)?
This plan proposed representation in Congress based on population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
The process outlined in Article V for altering the Constitution.
What is the amendment process?
The chamber of Congress that has the sole power to initiate impeachment proceedings.
What is the House of Representatives?
This document declared the colonies’ independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The principle that government power comes from the people is reflected in these three words of the Constitution.
What is "We the People"?
The compromise addressing how enslaved individuals would be counted for representation and taxation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?