The Southern States claimed they "needed" slaves for this purpose
What is their economy would collapse?
100
The Articles of Confederation provided for no judicial branch of government nor this other branch
What is the executive branch?
100
The Constitution tries to achieve “a more perfect union” by providing this.
What is a national government with the powers it needs to unify and strengthen the nation
100
The division of power between the national and state governments is called this
Give one example
What is Federalism
What are the Amendment Process, Federal Power = Prints Money, State Power = Driver’s License
100
Drafted to show the loyalty of America to England and keep from going to war
What is the Treaty of Paris
200
The Three-Fifths Compromise works in this way
What is 3/5 of the slave population in each state could be included in that states population count (for taxation and representation)
200
The Articles of Confederation gave Congress no power to tax or regulate this.
What is commerce or trade?
200
Concerning laws, each branch is responsible for this
Executive: enforcing laws
Legislative: making laws
Judicial: interpreting laws
200
Principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power.
What is Checks and Balances
200
John Locke believed that humans have the rights to
What are life, liberty, and property
300
This is how the Great Compromise set out the national government
What is a two-house legislature with an upper house (Senate) where each state has two votes and a lower house (the house of representatives) where membership is determined based on state population.
300
This was an accomplishment of the Articles of Confederation
What is the Government negotiated an end to the American Revolution in the Treaty of Paris?
300
These are the six goals of the Constitution
What are
1. To form a more perfect union
2. Establish Justice
3. Ensure domestic tranquility
4. Provide for the common defense
5. Promote general welfare
6. Secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity
300
Name two checks that the legislative branch has on the executive branch
What is Congress can approve presidential nominations, control the budget, pass laws over the president's veto, and impeach the president.
300
This prompted the summoning of the First Continental Congress
What are the Intolerable Acts
400
The Constitution would not have passed without the support of this group of people who refused to ratify the Constitution without a Bill of Rights.
Who are the Anti-Federalists
400
The Articles of Confederation were created for this purpose
What is there was a need for unity among the new states. The relative powers of the individual states and the Continental Congress also needed to be defined.
400
This is the place in the Constitution where it provides a list of individual freedoms.
What is the Bill of Rights?
400
People are the source of government power
What is Popular Sovereignty?
400
The Intolerable Acts were passed after this event
What is the Boston Tea Party
500
The Constitutional Convention was called for this purpose.
What is to change the Articles of Confederation?
500
Why did Congress not have any power to pay off their debts after the war
What is there was no power to tax?
500
These are the three parts of the Constitution.
What are the Bill of Rights, the Articles, and the Amendments.
500
These are the seven guiding principles of the Constitution
What are
1. Popular Sovereignty
2. Federalism
3. Rule of Law
4. Separation of Powers
5. Checks and Balances
6. Judicial Review
7. Majority Rule
500
This was one of the effects of American distance from England and the growth of colonial self-government.
What is it led to gradual developments of a colonial sense of independence years before the revolution