The Articles are known as our nation's first what?
Our nation's first constitution
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What document was created at the Constitutional Convention
The Constitution of the United States of America
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The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to what?
The United States Constitution
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What are the three branches of government in the United States?
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
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Explain what checks and balances means.
Branches can check the powers of other branches to make sure that power is balanced between them.
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What was wrong with the Articles of Confederation?
Weak federal government
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What type of government did Federalists want?
A strong federal government
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What group of people was in favor of the Bill of Rights being added to the Constitution? Why?
Anti-Federalists. Limited the power of the federal government.
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What does the Executive branch do? Who is in charge of this branch?
Execute or carry out the laws. The President
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If the President does not like a bill proposed by Congress he can do what?
Veto (forbid) that bill.
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Did the Articles gets fixed at the Annapolis Convention?
No
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What type of people were usually Anti-Federalists?
Common man, poor, small farmers, shopkeepers, merchants
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Freedom of religion, speech, petition, press, and assembly is outlined in what amendment?
1st
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What does the Judicial Branch do? What body heads this branch?
Interpret the laws. Supreme Court
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If the Supreme Court thinks a law passed by Congress is unfair, it can declare the law to be what?
Unconstitutional
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The Articles of Confederation were replaced by what document?
The Constitution
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What compromise determined that 3 out of every 5 slaves would count as a person for the population of states.
The 3/5 Compromise
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The Tenth Amendment states that powers not granted to the federal government by the Constitution, nor prohibited to the States, are reserved to what two groups?
The states and the people.
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What does the Legislative branch do? What body heads this branch?
Make the laws. Congress (The House of Representatives and The Senate)
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What branch appoints the justices for the Supreme Court?
The Executive branch (the President)
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Name one weakness of the federal government under the Articles of Confederation.
No power to tax, no system of courts, no standing army, no national coin.
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How would states be represented according to the Great Compromise?
Bicameral (two-house) legislature. In one house, representation is based on population. In the other house, representation is equal regardless of population.
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What amendment said we have the right to bear arms?
2nd
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Why isn't there just one branch of government?
To separate the powers so no one branch has total power
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Congress can do what to the President if he acts poorly in office?