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Which document inspired a "List of Rights" in our constitution?
English Bill of Rights and the Magna Carta.
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What is the preamble in the constitution?
Opening paragraph.
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Who signed the declaration of Independence in really big handwriting?
John Handcock
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Who is in charge of the Executive branch of our government?
The President
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What kind of duck is this?
Wood duck
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What was Shay's Rebellion?
Farmers protesting high taxes
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What are the first 10 amendments are called?
Bill of Rights
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What do anti-federalist support?
Strong State Government
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What do federalist support?
Strong central government
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What is McDonalds highest sold item last year?
French Fries
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What is federalism?
Federalism is a system of government that divides governing power between a central (national) government and regional (state) governments, with both levels acting directly on the people and constitutionally protected from each other
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What does the legislative branch consist of?
Congress.
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What makes up the Judicial branch?
The court system
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Why did the framers of the constitution believe we had to fix the Articles of Confederation?
The articles of confederation did not give enough power to the state of federal government in order to properly run a country. Congress coudn't trade, tax, army/navy, enforce laws (police), courts, currency, large debt and more...
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whos is this guy?
Zelensky
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Why do we have the option to make amendments
So we can fix the constitution as the country grows.
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What does "the framers of the constitution" mean? What did those people do?
They made the constitution.
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What is the ruler of 3/5ths
People who were not Caucasian counted as 3/5ths of a vote, (Slavery down in the south, more votes.... still not a full vote)
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Why did the founding fathers make amendments hard to create?
So we don't have to many of them, plus government stays the same and changes when it needs too (somewhat).
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highest viewed tik tok video
Zach King's: Magic Broom stick
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What does bicameral mean?
A legislature consisting of two parts (house and senate)
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What is popular sovereignty?
The peoples right to rule.
We run the government, they don't run us.
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What is separation of powers?
The splitting of power in government to make sure one branch doesn't get to strong.
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What is the idea of checks and balances?
How the branches of government "fight" one another so one of them does not get to strong.
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When was Bluey created?
Oct. 1st, 2018