Articles of Confederation
The name of the government first created after the colonists declared independence
What is the Articles of Confederation.
This deal made it so only 3 of every 5 slaves counted as votes
What is the 3/5ths Compromise.
This document is the supreme law of the land
What is the United States Constitution.
How many branches of government do we have?
What is three.
When we vote on issues in an election, what principle of government are you exercising?
Popular Sovereignty
One of the problems with the Articles of Confederation
What is no power to tax, no executive or judicial branch?
The compromise that saved the Constitution, and appeased both big and small states.
What is the Great Compromise.
This founding father wrote the Constitution.
Who is James Madison.
The Branch of Government responsible for making laws.
What is the Legislature.
When you vote on your student council representative, what principle of government are you exercising?
Representative Democracy
When were the Articles of Confederation ratified?
When is 1781 or during the American Revolution.
What do we call a Two-House legislature.
What is Bicameral.
The introduction to the Constitution
What is the preamble.
This branch of government is in charge of interpreting the law?
What is judicial.
This principle guarantees that one branch of government does not have too much power
Checks and Balances
How did the Constitutional Convention fix the Articles of Confederation?
What is threw it out and wrote the U.S. Constitution.
This compromise left the issue of slavery alone for 20 years
What is the commerce compromise.
The first ten amendments to the constitution
What is the Bill of Rights.
The Branch of Government responsible for implementing and enforcing the laws.
What is the Executive Branch.
This principle divides the government's jobs between the three branches. Ex: Military
separation of Powers
This revolt by farmers in Massachusetts showed that the Articles of Confederation was a weak form of government
What is Shay's Rebellion.
Number of delegates that were at the Constitutional Convention
What is 55.
The U.S Constitution is what kind of government?
What is a limited government.
The number of justices on the Supreme Court.
What is 9.
This principle guarantees the rights of a State
Federalism