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Vocabulary
100
This event made the change from the Article of Confederation to the Constitution.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
100
This change swayed the most of the anti-federalists.
What is the Bill-Of-Rights
100
This is what it means to form a more perfect Union.
What is to unite the states so they can act as a single nation?
100
This Principle gives branches a check or balance over another.
What is Checks and Balances?
100
This is a duel Law making body.
What is a bicameral law-making body?
200
This ordinance was used to survey the land in new territories.
What is the ordinance of 1785 ?
200
This party supported the new Constitution.
What is the Federalists?
200
This is how much amendments are in the Constitution.
What is the 27-Amendments?
200
This makes it so the states can not pass laws that directly contradict the Constitution.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
200
This was a paper written to promote the Constitution.
What are the Federalists Papers?
300
This ordinance was used to set up governments in territories.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
300
This house is how a president and vice-president is elected.
What is the electoral college?
300
These are the processes of how the Constitution is changed.
What is the formal and informal changes?
300
These are the 3 powers that fall under Federalism.
What is Enumerated Powers, Concurrent Powers and Reserved Powers?
300
These are the changes to the Government
What are the Amendments?
400
A group of individual states coming together for a common purpose.
What is a confederation?
400
This decision was to combine two plans to appeal to all.
What is the Great Compromise?
400
This Part of the Constitution gives the purposes of the gov.
What is preamble?
400
This is the most important principle of the Government.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
400
What are the powers shared by the Federal and State gov.
What are Concurrent powers?
500
New Hampshire wrote this document in January of 1776.
What is the first constitution?
500
This took place May 25, 1787.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
500
This article of the Constitution declares the Constitution the Supreme law of the land.
What is Article IV
500
These are the 5 principles that our government follows.
What is Popular sovereignty, Limited Government and the Rule of Law, separation of powers, Checks and Balances and Federalism?
500
This was how Slaves were counted as people.
What is the 3-5th Compromise?
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