A major weakness of the Articles of Confederation were that they did not allow the National Government to collect these
What are taxes
100
How is the National Government of the US structured?
What is divided into three branches
100
The Bill of Rights and other amendments are designed to protect these
What is individual rights
100
How are the number of representatives in the House of Representatives determined?
What is state population
100
The Great Compromise was a combination of the New Jersey and Virginia Plans, which dealt with this issue
What is representation of states in Congress
200
A major issues discussed at the Constitutional Convention concerned how power would be balanced between these two groups
What are the state and national governments
200
Give an example of the flexibility of the government under the Constitution
What is the creation of the Bill of Rights, President's Cabinet, the practice of judicial review
200
What rights are protected under the First Amendment?
What is the Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, petition
200
Which of the following powers of the President is not listed in the Constitution and instead based on tradition?
Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces
Leader of his political party
Negotiating treaties
Signing bills passed by Congress
What is being leader of his political party
200
What is the Preamble of the Constitution?
What is the introduction. It tells the purpose of the government
300
By limiting the power of the government, the authors of the Constitution gave power to this group
What is the people
300
No bill may become a law without the approval of these two groups. The president must approve the law after this
What is the two houses of Congress (House of Representatives and Senate)
300
Illegally obtained evidence can not be used against you in the court of law. Why?
What is the protection from unreasonable search and seizure
300
Who is in charge of choosing new Federal judges for the Supreme Court?
Who is the President of the USA
300
What is the most essential aspect of democracy? (think about voting)
What is the freedom of choice
400
Antifederalists insisted on this being included in the Constitution, as a means to protect individual liberties
What is the Bill of Rights
400
In order to make sure one branch doesn't gain too much power over the others, this system was put into place
What is checks and balances
400
In order to keep the National Government from obtaining too much power, the powers not given to the Federal Government are given to who?
What is State Governments
400
The purpose of the President's cabinet is to do this
What is advise him on difficult issues
400
What id Federalism?
What is the division of power between the national and state governments
500
The biggest change from the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution dealt with strengthening this
What is the Federal Government
500
Only the Federal Government can do one of the following three, which one is it?
Pass laws, tax, make treaties
What is make treaties
500
When would your First Amendment rights be restricted?
What is any actions that represent a "clear and present danger"
500
This is the Supreme Court's job
What is interpret the Constitution
500
It is the Supreme Court's job to do this with laws
What is determine their constitutionality. This is called judicial review