This term defines the effect of decreased value of money with an increase in the cost of goods/services.
What is Inflation?
100
This is the name of our first government constitution.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
100
The Constitutional Convention met in May of 1787 in this city.
What is Philadelphia?
100
This branch of government enforces laws, and is composed of the President, his cabinet and various departments (like the Department of Education)
What is the Executive Branch?
100
The Bill of Rights was added in as a series of these, in fact is was the first 10.
What are Amendments?
200
This term defines low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment.
What is a Depression?
200
The Articles could do this...(at least one thing)
What is either borrow money, make treaties, ask for taxes and soldiers, or could settle conflicts between states?
200
This compromise set up how much slaves would make up in population to decide representation.
What is the 3/5ths compromise, that stated that for every 5 slaves only 3 would be counted towards representation? (ridiculous idea but so was slavery)
200
This branch of government rules on whether or not laws are constitutional.
What is the Judicial Branch?
200
These essays were written to reassure people that the Constitution wouldn't overpower the rights of people and the states.
What are the Federalists Papers?
300
This term defines trade between two or more states, and was uncontrolled in our first government.
What is interstate commerce?
300
This is the number of states that had to agree for a law to be put into law under the Articles?
What is all 13 states?
300
This plan was one side of the Great Compromise that said that each state should get an equal amount of representation despite the population of the state.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
300
This branch of the government proposes and passes laws and is made up of two houses.
What is the Legislative Branch?
300
Anti-federalists were against the Constitution because they were afraid these would be overpowered.
What is states and peoples rights?
400
This term defines support for government where citizens elect representatives.
What is Republicanism?
400
Under the Articles the federal government couldn't do this (name at least one thing).
What is either demand taxes or soldiers, control interstate commerce, put tariffs on imports or exports, have a national court system?
400
This plan was one half of the great compromise and set up the idea of bicameral legislature and states getting represented based on population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
400
Our government was designed to have this, to make sure that one branch of government wouldn't become to powerful.
What is a system of Checks and Balances?
400
This is the minimum amount of how many states had to ratify the Constitution to put it into effect.
What is 9 states?
500
This term from our chapter defines the idea that power resides with the people.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
500
Our new governments were influence by the ideas of this person.
Who is John Locke?
500
This is how long they decided to wait on the decision of if slave trade should be stopped.
What is 20 years?
500
This is the term that defines how power of our government would be shared between the states and the central government, although the central government would hold the majority of the power.
What is federalism?
500
The Bill of Rights wasn't added into the Constitution at the same time as the ratification of the Constitution, this is how long it took.