The Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation placed most of the power with the states, leaving the central government _________.
Weak
Which leader is known as "The Father of the Constitution"?
James Madison
The Capitol Building, where Congress is housed, is located in
Washington DC
A person must be at least 30 years old, a citizen of the US for at least 9 years, live in the state they will represent, and can be re-elected as many times as they want.
Senate
The principle that society is government by laws, not people, and that even the government must follow the law.
rule of law
Under this government the central government could not make money because they could not raise ________.
taxes
The Constitution divides the power between a national government and state government which is known as
Federalism
There are this many senators in our national government today
100
The highest court in the United States is known as the
Supreme Court
This amendment gave all individuals 18 years or older the right to vote
Twenty-Sixth
Central government could not enforce the laws because they did not have an ________
executive
Gives each branch of government the ability to restrain certain actions that the other branches take
Checks and Balances
The state of Colorado has this number of House of Representatives in our national government today.
The court system which hears cases for the first time is known as the
Trial Court
The term that is used to describe how the population collectively views vital policy issues and evaluates political leaders
public opinion
This group wrote the Articles of Confederation.
2nd Continental Congress
This group of people were opposed to the Constitution because they believe it gave the government too much power and it needed a list of individual rights.
Anti-Federalists
This formal power of the president allows the person in office to create public persuasion by announcing policy goals and the direction of the country.
State of the Union Address
Deals with disputes about laws that apply to the entire United States
Federal Court System
The number of electors that each state has in the electoral college is based on
total number of members in Congress for your state
The Articles of Confederation were replaced by the ________________.
United States Constitution
The list of individual rights that was added to the Constitution after its ratification was known as
Bill of Rights
This is an international compact made by a president that has the force of a treaty but does not require Senate approval.
Executive Agreement
The power to check the legislative and executive branches by declaring a law or executive action unconstitutional.
Judicial Review
You must win this before you have the ability to win the general election.
primary election