The Articles of Confederation
Who did not have the power to tax?
What is the federal government?
This event occurred after the Articles of Confederation were declared weak and the United States needed to re-organize power.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
This branch of government has the power to make laws, declare war, and control the nation’s money.
What is the Legislative Branch (Congress)?
Even though the president can veto laws, Congress can pass a law over the president’s veto with this.
What is 2/3rds approval in both the House and the Senate?
This word means the president can reject a bill passed by Congress.
What is veto?
Under the Articles of Confederation, the government had how many branches?
What is one branch?
The delegates chose this length of time for a president’s term—long enough for stability, but short enough to prevent tyranny.
What is four years?
This branch has the power to enforce laws, command the military, and negotiate treaties with other countries.
What is the Executive Branch (The President)?
Congress has this power to remove a president or judge from office if they commit serious wrongdoing.
What is impeachment?
This system divides power between the national and state governments.
What is federalism?
This was required for Congress to pass major laws, making decision-making extremely slow.
What is 9 out of 13 states' approval?
Delegates debated this issue, which led to creating a single executive instead of a committee of leaders.
What is how many people should lead the executive branch?
This branch has the power to interpret laws and declare acts of Congress or the President unconstitutional.
What is the Judicial Branch (Supreme Court)?
The president can refuse to approve a law, which is a way the executive branch checks this branch.
What is the Legislative Branch?
This is the length of time an elected official serves before needing to run for re-election.
What is a term?
This event, led by angry farmers in Massachusetts in 1786–87, showed how weak the national government was and helped push leaders to revise the Articles.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
This person is in favor of the Constitution and the power it grants to the President and the government.
What is a Federalist?
How long is a term limit for the Judicial Branch?
What is a lifetime, or until they are removed or retire.
The president can appoint judges, but this branch must approve those appointments, showing a check on presidential power.
What is the Legislative Branch?
This phrase describes the ability of each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches.
What is checks and balances?
Because the Articles of Confederation created a government too weak to deal with problems like money issues and state conflicts, the states met in 1787 for this important event.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
This compromise created two houses in the Legislative Branch called the House of Representatives (based on population) and the Senate (2 reps for each state).
What is the Connecticut Compromise?
How many Senators represent each state?
What is 2 representatives?
The courts can declare laws or executive actions unconstitutional, which is a check on both the president and Congress.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This phrase describes the deliberate act of distributing authority so that no one person or group has total control.
What is organizing power?