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Who was the first state to write its own state constitution?
What is New Hampshire?
Congress could not do what under the Articles of Confederation?
What is tax?
How many votes in Congress does it take to propose an amendment?
What is 2/3 of Congress?
The rule of law states that:
What is no one is above the law?
What is Federalism?
Which state did not send delegates to the Constitutional Convention?
What is Rhode Island?
The New Jersey Plan called for a legislate body with this kind of house.
What is unicameral or one house?
How many states have to vote to approve an amendment?
What is 3/4 of the states?
The federal government is supreme to the states and the constitution is above them both.
What is the supremacy clause?
Daniel Shays led this rebellion.
What is Shays Rebellion?
This is a list of basic rights and freedoms that belong to every citizen.
What is a Bill of Rights?
The Virginia Plan was designed by this man.
Who is James Madison?
There are ______ amendments in the US Constitution.
What is 27?
This states that the government can only do what the people allow it to do.
The Articles of Confederation was _______.
What is WEAK?
This ordinance set up a plan for governing the NW Territory.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
Under the Virginia Plan, votes in Congress would be based off of what?
These outline how the government should be set up in the constitution.
What are the Articles?
The people’s right to rule.
What is popular sovereignty?
Name the 3 branches of government.
What are the executive, legislative, and judicial branches?
This served as the first constitution of the US.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
In the New Jersey Plan, votes in Congress would be distributed how?
The constitutions three main parts are?
What is the Preamble, the articles, and the amendments?
Enumerates powers are powers that?
Reserved powers are powers that?
Concurrent powers are powers that?
What are powers designated to the federal government; the states; both the federal and the state governments.
This compromise settled the debate between the Virginia and New Jersey Plans.
This compromise said that every five slaves would count as three free persons.
What is the Great Compromise?
What is the 3/5 Compromise?