Articles of Confederation
First written government of the United States
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This was the compromise that created the house and the senate
What is the Great Compromise?
According to the preamble, this group had the power in the country
Who are the US citizens (the people)?
A change to the constitution
What is an amendment?
This is the name given to the first 10 amendments
What is the Bill of Rights
This was a response to the Articles of Confederation when citizens attacked debt collectors
What is Shay's Rebellion
People who supported a weak central government and wanted the states to maintain most of the power.
Who are the anti-federalists?
The senate and the House of Representatives make up this
What is the legislative branch or congress?
Popular sovereignty refers to
What is power to the people?
The right to bear arms
What is Amendment 2?
The Articles of Confederation left power to the ___________
What are state governments?
This group of people wanted a strong central government
Who are the federalists?
These are the powers of the executive branch
What are to enforce laws, approve or veto bills, and serve as commander and chief of the US military?
Article four of the US constitution refers to the states having this
What is the states have the power to create and enforce their own laws, but must also acknowledge the laws of the other states.
The number of amendments currently in the US Constitution
What is 27?
This is the greatest problem with the Articles of Confederation
Weak central government
The 3/5 compromises refers to these two requirements
What is the agreement that enslaved people counted for 3/5 of a person towards population size as well as 3/5 of a person towards taxes
This is the job of the judicial branch
Article 6 of this the document shares that this same document is the supreme law of the United States
What is the US Constitution?
The inclusion of the Bill of Rights was for this purpose
What was to provide explicit details about the individual freedoms given to US citizens that were not mentioned directly in the constitution?
Two weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation include (List at least two)
What are lack of power to tax, no national courts, no regulated economy, difficult to change, no unity, no way to have a military
How are the numbers of members for the senate and house different?
What is the senate has two representatives from each state and the house is based on population?
What is to hold the three branches of government accountable by not allowing one branch to become too powerful?
Define federalism
What is the system of government where power is divided and shared between a national (federal) government and regional (state) governments
List the five freedoms of the first amendment
What are the freedom of speech, religion, petition, assembly, and of press