Founding Fathers
After the revolutionary war, this founding father intended on returning to his life on the farm, instead he was persuaded into attending the Constructional Convention where he was chosen to be the first President of the United States
What is George Washington
A partnership of different countries, organizations, or people who agree to work together
What is an alliance?
- Each state, whether large or small, had only one vote in Congress
- Congress was always broke
- Congress could not tax
-To amend, or change, this constitution, all thirteen states had to give their agreement
What is reasons why the Articles of Confederation failed?
Philadelphia
What is where the delegates met to create the constitution?
What is where the constitutional convention took place?
Believed in small central government and disproved of the constitution
What is the anti-federalist?
Aided George Washington in the revolutionary war, and supported a strong central government. While attending the Constitutional convention, he wrote the Federalist Papers. He was later chosen to be the first U.S Treasury Secretary.
What is Alexander Hamilton?
The branch in our government that has the power to carry out and enforce laws
What is the Executive Branch?
True or false: Represented the States not the People
What is True?
Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branch
What is the separation of powers?
A compromise between the federalists and anti-federalists
What is the Bill of Rights?
What is the first 10 amendments?
Served on the committee that wrote the Declaration of Independence. He was the first vice president of the United States and eventually became President.
What is John Adams?
A government in which people elect representatives to rule for them
What is a Republic?
True or false: Many people did not want to keep the Articles in fear of a strong central government
What is false?
True or false: Congress can pass any law it wants, but the president has the right to veto, or disapprove it.
What is true?
Three students wore black armbands to their public school to protest the Vietnam War. The school had issued a warning not to engage in the protest because of fears that it would disrupt the school day and learning. The three students defied the warning and wore the armbands, and school officials asked them to remove them or be suspended. The students refused and were suspended from school.
What is the 1st amendment?
Wrote the Declaration of Independence. He was the first Secretary of State and eventually became Vice President and President.
What is Thomas Jefferson?
A group of states joined together by a formal agreement
What is a Confederation?
The idea that people should have the right to limit, or restrict, the power of their government
What is limited government?
- A central government should provide for the common defense, protect the liberties of the American people, be able to make laws about trade between the states, so that the states would not be taxing each other’s citizens,
- The central government must be able to deal directly with the people, instead of depending on the kindness of the state governments. In certain areas it must have powers higher than those of the states. In those areas, the central government must have supreme powers
What is the Virginia Plan?
Ernesto Miranda was arrested for suspected kidnapping. He was brought to the police station and identified by the alleged victim. He was alone in the interrogation room with two police officers for two hours. He offered a written confession admitting that he had committed the crimes. He was brought to trial, found guilty, and sentenced to 20–30 years in prison.
What is the 5th amendment?
He was a part of the committee that drafted the Declaration of independence. Towards his final years, this founding father served as the elder statesmen at the Constitutional Convention.
What is Benjamin Franklin?
The ability of the people in a country to decide their own government
What is self-determination?
• Declare war and make peace
• Create an army and a navy
• Send representatives to foreign countries • Borrow money
• Establish a system of weights and measures
• Establish post offices
• Print money
What is powers of the Central Government Under the Articles of Confederation?
True or False: the Virginia Plan proposed that representation be based on population
What is true?
Clarence Earl Gideon was accused of breaking into a pool hall in the middle of the night and stealing some money from a cash register. He was arrested and charged with petty larceny (theft). He was too poor to hire an attorney and represented himself. He was convicted and sent to jail. He filed a case in court and stated that his rights were violated.
What is the 6th amendment?