Articles of Confederation
What was the Articles of Confederation?
What is... the first form of government in the United States.
What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?
What is... to revise (fix) the Articles of Confederation.
What five freedoms are protected by the first amendment?
What is... freedom of religion, assembly, press, petition, and speech.
Power divided among the 3 branches of government.
A law that outlined the process for admitting new states into the Union...
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
What did the pinky stand for in the weaknesses of the AOC hand?
What is... weak CENTRAL government.
What did the Anti-Feds want in order to ratify the Constitution? WHY?
What is... A Bill of Rights to protect individual rights of the people.
This amendment protects you from unreasonable search and seizure.
What is... the 4th amendment?
The Northwest Ordinance banned slavery in new territories, but this law required enslaved people who escaped to free areas to be returned to their owners...
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
Who had the most power under the Articles of Confederation?
What is... the state government.
What did the Great Compromise create?
What is... a bicameral legislature. The Senate and the House of Representatives.
This amendment guarantees you a fair and speedy trial by jury.
What is... the sixth amendment?
Republicanism
What is... voting for representatives to represent you in government.
The group that supported ratifying the Constitution and wanted a strong national government.
What are the Federalists?
Under the Articles, Congress could not collect...
What are... taxes.
What was the Three-Fifths Compromise about?
What is...counting enslaved people as 3/5 of a white person for population. (People=Power)
Protections of the 8th amendment
What are... no cruel and unusual punishment, no excessive bail and no excessive fines.
The people have the power.
What is... Popular Sovereignty
Roots of government document that limited the King's power
What is the Magna Carta?
What did Shays' Rebellion highlight about the Articles of Confederation?
What is... a weak central government could not keep the country together.
The Great Compromise was originally two plans, what were they called?
What are... The Virginia Plan (big state plan) and The New Jersey Plan (small state plan).
Define the 10th amendment and what government principle it covers.
What is... Any powers not given to the federal/ national government belong to the states or the people. FEDERALISM
Each branch has power over the other two branches.
What is... Checks and Balances
When was the Articles of Confederation written? When was the Constitution written?