Vocabschmocab
What word means to officially approve?
Ratify
Which group opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution?
Anti-Federalists
Which group supported the ratification of the U.S. Constitution?
The Federalists
What is the process called to become a citizen?
Naturalization
What do you call the Enlightenment idea that all people are born with the right to life, liberty, and property?
Natural Rights
How many essays did the Federalists publish in the "Federalist Papers?"
85
What word means a written plan of government?
constitution
Which group said it would be impossible to enumerate all rights in the Constitution?
The Federalists
What did the Anti-Federalists believe the Constitution needed to protect fundamental liberties?
A Bill of Rights
What was the pamphlet called that was written by Thomas Paine?
Hint: The book of Duh!
Common Sense
What word means cruel and oppressive government or rule?
Tyranny
How many States were needed to ratify the new U.S. Constitution?
nine of thirteen
What is the name of the first ten Amendments to the U.S. Constitution which guarantee fundamental liberties?
The Bill of Rights
What Enlightenment ideas did the Federalists say the Constitution already had to protect the rights of the people?
Separation of Powers or Checks and Balances
Which government did the Anti-Federalists believe should retain most of the power?
the state governments
The American colonists rejected the British (English) policy of taxation because they lacked what?
Representation
What word means to change something?
amend
How many states were needed to ratify the articles of confederation?
13/13
What is it called when the governed (citizens) agree to give up some rights and freedoms in exchange for the protection of the government
John Locke's Social Contract
Which government did the Federalists feel needed to be strengthened in order to protect citizen's rights and keep the country safe?
The Central or Federal or National government
The Federalists rejected what document as ineffective and weak?
The Articles of Confederation
In the Declaration of Independence, what did Jefferson say that people had the right to do when their government fails to protect their rights?
They had the right to alter (change) or abolish (Get rid of the government
What vocabulary word means to get or obtain something from someone or something?
derive
How many states had to agree to pass a law under the articles of confederation?
9/13
Which word means "listed' or "numbered"?
What enlightenment thinker came up with separation of powers and/or checks and balances?
Who is Montesquieu
This clause allows Congress to exercise implied power "necessary and proper" for carrying out the enumerated powers, though not explicitly stated in the Constitution.
The "Elastic Clause" or the "Necessary and Proper Clause"
Jefferson used this word in the Declaration of Independence when he spoke about the rights that all people were born with and cannot be taken away
unalienable
What word means to give someone something? (Declaration of Independence)
endow or endowed
In what order did Rhode Island ratify the U.S. Constitution?
last or thirteenth