Compromises
Meaning two legislative houses, this "B" word was the product of the Great Compromise
Bicameral
The face on the $1 bill, the president of the Constitutional Convention, and the first president of the United States of America.
George Washington
everybody has to follow the same laws, even members of the government
Limited Government
The Virginia plan favored large states by suggesting representation in congress be based on...
population
Under the AoC, most power was kept in the hands of...
States
This is the legislative body that gives equal representation to all states regardless of size.
Senate
This group favored a strong central government and the exclusion of a bill of rights.
Federalists
One branch can limit the powers of the other branch
Checks and Balances
This compromise declared that only three out of every five slaves would count towards a state's population
The document that replaced the Articles of Confederation
Constitution
The Three-fifths compromise deals explicitly with this horrible institution and blight on American history.
Slavery
Separation of powers, checks and balances, and limited government are ideas borrowed from this political philosopher
Montesquieu
The sharing of power between the national government and state governments
Federalism
This agreement created a two-house legislature
The Great Compromise
True or False: Under the Articles, the U.S. did not have a president
This region of the U.S., not associated with the institution of slavery, was against having slaves counted in the population
The North
This group of people did not like the idea of a stronger central government and were big believers in the addition of a bill of rights to the Constitution.
Anti-Federalist
The idea that the power of government lies with the people is called this.
Popular sovereignty
This plan favored small states by equal representation in Congress
The New Jersey Plan
What are the three branches of government
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
This legislative body is based on population
The House of Representatives
Name one Federalist and one Anti-Federalist
Federalist Anti-Federalist
Alexander Hamilton Thomas Jefferson
James Madison George Mason
The three branches of government is an examples of what principle
the separation of power
Specific liberties and privileges that are protected for citizens is an examples of what constitutional principle
Individual Rights
True or False: The federal government could collect taxes from the states in the Articles of Confederation
False