Before the Constitution
Contemporary Government Facts
Elements of Government
Ratification of the Constitution and Beyond
Principles and Compromises
100
Group that opposed the ratification of the constitution
Who are the anti-federalists
100
The number of justices that currently sit on the Supreme Court
What is 9
100
Each branch of government has power to limit the power of the other two branches of government
What is checks and balances
100
the most serious danger to a republic according to James Madison and most others at the constitutional convention
What are factions
100
People have certain rights and it is the duty of the government to protect these

What are natural rights?

200
stated the colonists rationale to protect their natural rights by instituting a new government
What is the Declaration of Independence
200
The length of 1 term for a U.S. Senator
What is 6 years
200
a legislature with two separate chambers
What is bicameral
200
a series of essays written in support of ratifying the constitution
What are the Federalist Papers
200
resolved the issue of counting slaves into the population for apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives
What is the 3/5 Compromise
300
Document that created strong states governments and a weak, ineffective central government
What is the Articles of Confederation
300

Type of government where citizens elect representatives to make policy on their behalf

What is republic or representative democracy

300
Referring to a division of power between the federal government and the states
What is federalism
300

the supreme court decision that allowed the US to create a national bank, thereby expanding federal power

What is McCulloch v. Maryland

300

A resolution of the New Jersey and Virginia Plans creating a bicameral congress with equal representation in the Senate and apportionment based on population in the House of Representatives

What is the Connecticut "Great" Compromise

400

Uprising of rural poor and revolutionary war veterans that highlighted the need for a national military

What is Shay's Rebellion

400
Numbers of members in the U.S. House of Representatives
What is 435
400
Political definition of granting power to an independent executive branch, legislative branch, and judicial branch.
What is separation of powers
400

voting rights, requirements, and eligibility were left to this level of government by the founders.

What are the states

400

Power comes from the people

What is popular sovereignty

500

Britain's style of government that the US decided to separate from

What is Monarchy?

500
Terminology used to describe how children and adolescents acquire political cognition, attitudes, and behaviors
What is political socialization
500

Piece of writing that argued the need for checks and balances and the separation of power

What is Federalist 51

500

these are formal changes to the constitution

What are amendments

500
Theory suggests that citizens give consent to be governed
Social Contract Theory
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