Building Vocabulary
Understanding the Main Idea
Applying the Constitution
100
What word means a change or addition?
What is an amendment?
100
What did the Americans fear after the Constitution?
What is a strong government?
100
What does Article 1, Section 9, and Clause 5 state?
What is denies the federal government the power to tax exports?
200
What does limited government mean?
What is a government that is not all-powerful?
200
The Constitution limits the powers of the government to those granted be who?
What is the people?
200
What Article, Section, and Clause gives the president the power to grant pardon?
What is Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1?
300
What word mean not granted or given?
What is denied?
300
What did the failures of the Articles of Confederation show?
What is the new government had to be powerful?
300
What does Article 1, Section 9, and Clause 5 state?
What is denies the federal government the power to spend money unless congress passes a law allowing it?
400
What does balanced budget mean?
What is a plan in which the government cannot spend more money than it takes in?
400
Who did the framers have their experience with during the colonial rule, that made the framers afraid of the strong government?
Who is Great Britain?
400
Which Article, Section, and Clause give congress the power to coin money?
What is Article 1,Section 8, and Clause 5?
500
What does national debt mean?
What is money the federal government owes?
500
What powers of the government make the Constitution clear?
What is stating the powers of Congress, stating the powers of the President, and describing the role of the judiciary?
500
Fill in the blanks: Article___, Section___,Clause 1, denies _____ ________the power to coin money and to____ _____.
What is Article 1, Section 10, Clause 1, denies state governments the power to coin money and to make treaties?
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