Articles of Confederation
Creating a Constitution
Branches of Government
Bill to a Law
Electing the President
100
The number of branches in the government under the Articles of Confederation.
What is one.
100
American merchants were hurt by them.
What are high tariffs?
100
Responsible for proposing and passing laws.
What is the legislative branch?
100
A bill that involves money must begin here.
What is the House of Representatives?
100
This is how often we have presidential elections.
What is every four years?
200
Set up a system for surveying and dividing the western lands
What is the Land Ordinances of 1785?
200
Who held the most power under the Articles of Confederation -- the states or the national government?
What is the states?
200
Can veto a bill so that it doesn't become a law
What is the president?
200
This kind of vote must occur or the bill is "killed".
What is a simple majority?
200
This is the number of terms that a president may serve.
What is two?
300
Farmers who were in debt and faced high taxes were led by this man.
What was Daniel Shays?
300
Reviews and interprets laws.
What is the judicial branch?
300
A bill must pass this number of houses of Congress.
What is two, or both?
300
This group casts its votes based upon the popular vote in each state.
What are the electors, or the electoral college?
400
36 section formed one of these in a territory. A territory could contain many of them.
What is a township?
400
Representation based only on population was favored by these states.
What were large states?
400
An example of this is when Congress overrides a presidential veto.
What is checks and balances?
400
This occurs if the Bill doesn't pass both houses of Congress before the session ends.
What is the bill gets killed, or dies?
400
Although the people vote in their home towns, electors vote here.
What are state capitals?
500
Each township had to set aside one section for this purpose.
What is public education?
500
This group favored equal representation among states, regardless of their populations.
What are small states?
500
The Senate is part of this branch.
What is the judicial branch?
500
The bill becomes a law when the president does this.
What is sign the bill?
500
The president is sworn into office at noon on this date.
What is January 20?
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