First Attempts at Governance
Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution
Additional Facts About the Constitution
Terms of the Six Principles of the Constitution
Constitutionally-speaking
100
What was the collection of states referred to before the centralized (federal) government was set up?
What is A Confederation.
100
List two accomplishments of the Articles of Confederation:
What is 1) Treaty recognition with Great Britain and gaining lands fought over in the Revolution, and 2) Congress passed the Land Ordinance of 1785 to help with control over the Northwest Territory (from which six states would later be formed).
100
Name the state of federal law (s) that supersedes the Constitution:
What is None are Higher than the Constitution.
100
What term is given to describe that the power of the government originates with the citizens?
What is Popular sovereignty.
100
Who is know as "the Father of the Constitution"?
What is James Madison
200
Did the states have most of the power or did the federal government have power?
What is States kept most of their powers, sharing little with the federal government.
200
List some weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation:
What is 1) Weak central government, 2) no separate executive or judicial branches, 3) no power to collect taxes, enforce laws, or regulate trade.
200
The developers and writers of the Constitution were known as the _____.
What is Framers.
200
Judicial review gives power to the _____.
What is Courts.
200
What was the name given to those people who opposed ratificationof the Constitution?
What is The Anti-Federalists.
300
When it became clear that the states individually could not act alone (such as waging war with Great Britain) they decided to form what kind of government?
What is Central (or federal).
300
What was the name given to the many documents written to convince mainly Virginia and New York to ratify the Constitution?
What is The Federalist Papers.
300
What was the nickname given to the people who advocated the ratification (approval) of the Constitution?
What is The Federalists.
300
Name the division of power that sets up the three branches of government:
What is Separation of powers.
300
The Constitution divides power into what three branches of government?
What is Executive, judicial, and legislative.
400
Our first plan of government, established in 1777, was called the _____ of _____.
What is Articles of Confederation.
400
How many states had to approve the Constitution?
What is All.
400
List the three parts of the Constitution:
What is 1) First part includes the Preamble, 2) second part containing the seven Articles, and 3) the last part which has the ten original amendments (or Bill of Rights)
400
The system that retrains the power of the three branches of government is known as _____ and _____.
What is Checks and balances.
400
If a legal decision is ruled "unconstitutional" it violates the _____.
What is Constitution
500
In 1789, the Articles of Confederation was replaced by the plan of government still in use today, known as the ______.
What is (U.S.) Constitution.
500
As many as can be recalled, list some of the compromises that the passage of the Constitution required:
What is 1) State representation based on population, 2) the method by which people in a state were counted to determine the House of Representatives each state could have (eventually leading to the "Three-Fifths Compromise"), 3) salvery, 4) trade devoid of national taxes, and 5) the Electoral College where electors would select the president based on the number of votes the candidate received.
500
Name any of the six principles of the new plan of government the Constitution ushered in:
What is The six principles include: 1) Popular sovereignty, 2) federalism, 3) separation of powers, 4) checks and balances, 5) judicial review, and 6) limited government.
500
Identify the relational connection that exists between the states and the federal government, and the 2-word term that speaks of restricting the government's power:
What is Federalism, limited government.
500
The final decision as to whether or not something is constitutional rests with the _____ _____.
What is Supreme Court.
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