Constitutional Principles
This principle divides power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
What is Separation of Powers?
Under the Articles, each state had this many votes.
What is one vote?
What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?
What is revise the Articles of Confederation?
Washington’s group of advisors was called what?
What is the Cabinet?
Which Enlightenment thinker argued for natural rights (life, liberty, property)?
Who is John Locke?
This principle allows each branch to limit the others.
What is Checks and Balances?
This event proved the Articles were too weak.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
Which compromise created a bicameral Congress?
What is the Great (Connecticut) Compromise?
Which event proved the new government could enforce its laws?
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
Which thinker inspired separation of powers?
Who is Montesquieu?
This principle means the government gets its power from the people.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
How many states were required to pass a law under the Articles?
What is 9 of 13 states?
Which compromise counted enslaved people for taxation and representation?
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
Who was Washington’s Secretary of the Treasury?
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
Which Native American confederacy influenced American government?
What is the Iroquois Confederacy?
Both the state and national government being able to tax is an example of what principle?
What is Federalism?
What delayed ratification of the Articles until 1781?
What is western land claims?
What promise convinced several states to ratify the Constitution?
What is a Bill of Rights would be added?
Washington warned against these two dangers in his Farewell Address.
What are political parties and permanent foreign alliances?
What Iroquois idea influenced U.S. federalism?
What is written documents and a union?
Which principle says government must follow laws and stay within limits to protect individual rights?
What is Limited Government?
Amending the Articles required approval from how many states?
What is all 13 states (unanimous consent)?
Which plan favored representation based on population?
What is the Virginia Plan?
Which Supreme Court case in 1824 ruled that the federal government—not the states—controls interstate commerce?
What is Gibbons v. Ogden?
Which Founding Father admired and studied the political structure of the Iroquois Confederacy? (oldest and most wise).
Who is Benjamin Franklin?