Articles of Confederation
This document was the first written plan of government for the United States.
Articles of Confederation
What is the name of the Compromise that created two houses of Congress?
The Great Compromise
This group supported the new Constitution and a strong central government.
The Federalists
This Chief Justice of the Supreme Court greatly strengthened federal power.
John Marshall
This Enlightenment thinker’s ideas about natural rights heavily influenced Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence.
John Locke
Under the Articles, the national government could not collect these, leading to money problems.
Taxes
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are called this.
The Bill of Rights
This group opposed the Constitution without a Bill of Rights.
The Anti-Federalists
Marbury v Madison established this principle that the Supreme Court can declare laws as unconstitutional.
Judicial Review
This war was fought between the British and the French over land claims in the Ohio River Valley.
The French and Indian War
The Articles gave most of the power to this level of government.
The States
This compromise settled the issue of counting enslaved people toward state populations in Congress.
The Three-Fifths Compromise
The leader of the Democratic-Republicans, who favored states’ rights and farming.
Thomas Jefferson
In McCulloch v. Maryland, the Court ruled that this type of government had the power to create a national bank.
The Federal (National) Government
This part of the country's economy relied on fishing, shipbuilding, lumbering, and trade.
The North
The Articles of Confederation only created the legislative and executive branches... Which branch did they leave out that was later added?
The Judicial Branch
The name of the Plan that wanted two houses of Congress where bigger states had more power.
The Virginia Plan
The leader of the Federalists, who wanted a national bank.
Alexander Hamilton
In Gibbons v. Ogden, the Supreme Court ruled that this level of government controls interstate commerce.
The Federal (National) Government
This part of the country's economy relied on farming and slave labor.
The South
The Articles of Confederation were replaced in 1787 by this governing document.
The U.S. Constitution
The name of the plan that wanted one house of Congress, where each state has equal power.
The New Jersey Plan
Name the first three Presidents of the United States.
George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson
The Court System is a part of this branch of government...
The Judicial Branch
Colonists disguised as Native Americans dumped British tea into Boston Harbor during this protest.
The Boston Tea Party