Constitutional Convention
Why did the founding fathers meet in Philadelphia in 1787?
What is to revise the Articles of Confederation
What is an amendment?
What is a change or revision to the Constitution
Who was Washington's Secretary of State?
Who is Thomas Jefferson
Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1801-1835?
Who is John Marshall
What is the name of the law that restricted 1st Amendment rights of all citizens during John Adams' presidency?
What is the Sedition Act
What did the Great Compromise set up?
What is a bicameral (two house) legislature (congress)
What branch of government enforces the laws?
What is the executive branch
What precedent did Washington set that later became the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution?
What is the two-term presidency
What principle did Marbury v. Madison establish?
What is judicial review
What action made Thomas Jefferson question his interpretation of the Constitution?
What is the Louisiana Purchase or purchase of the Louisiana Territory
Which compromise solved the issue of representation based on the population of enslaved individuals?
What is the 3/5's Compromise
What is the ability for each branch of government to balance out the power of one another known as?
What was the National Bank established in exchange for?
What is moving the capital of the US to Washington D.C.
Which court case cites the necessary and proper clause as justification for creating a 2nd National Bank?
What is McCulloch v. Maryland
What policy essentially made Latin American resentful toward the United States?
What is the Monroe Doctrine
How is the president elected?
What is through the electoral college
Which Enlightenment thinker inspired the creation of three branches of government?
Who is Baron de Montesquieu
What two major pieces of advice to George Washington warn against in his Farewell Address?
What is to avoid political alliances and the policy of isolationism or neutrality
What is another name for the necessary and proper clause?
What is the elastic clause
What does the Louisiana Purchase do the size of the United States?
What is doubles it
What is a Bill of Rights
What term refers to the division of power between state and federal governments?
What is federalism
What is a cabinet?
What are the heads of departments appointed by the president
What principle or clause did Gibbons v. Ogden establish?
What is the Supremacy Clause or the idea that federal law trumps state law or that the federal government has the power to regulate interstate trade
Who is quoted to have said "the government that governs best, governs least"
Who is Thomas Jefferson