Vocabulary and Concepts
A plan of government
What is the Constitution?
Under the Articles of Confederation, its who most of the power remained with
What is the States?
"Father of the Constitution"
Who is James Madison?
This group supported the Constitution and wanted a strong national government.
Who are the Federalists?
Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress could not do this, making it difficult to pay off war debts.
What is collect taxes?
A legislature that has two houses
What is bicameral?
Articles of Confederation or "A firm league of _______________."
What is a friendship?
Led the Constituional Convention
Who is George Washington?
This group feared a strong central government and wanted more power for the states.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
A period of slow economic activity and increased job unemployment
What is a depression?
Believed that people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property
Who is John Locke?
The number of states needed to pass a law
What is 9 out of 13?
Under the Virginia Plan, its what representation was based on
What is population?
Federalists promised to add this to the Constitution to protect individual freedoms.
What is the Bill of Rights?
A major problem faced by US after the war because it owed money to countries like France and Spain
What is national debt?
When a government in which the citizens rule through elected officials
What is a Republic?
The number of states needed to amend the Articles of Confederation
What is 13 out of 13?
Under the New Jersey Plan, the number of representatives for each state
What is one?
This famous Federalist leader was the first Secretary of the Treasury and helped write the Federalist Papers.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
This economic problem occurred when states created their own currencies and printed too much money
What is inflation?
The system that prevented one branch from gaining too much power
What is the system of checks and balances?
This 1786–1787 uprising by farmers in Massachusetts showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shays' Rebellion
The idea of sharing power between the states and federal government
What is federalism?
Anti-Federalists were worried the Constitution did not protect these.
What are individual rights (or freedoms)?
States made their own money, which caused problems with this
What is trade?