This branch declares laws unconstitutional and interprets or makes meaning of the law.
What is the Judicial Branch?
100
One of the few positives out of the Articles of Confederation, the government helped developed this territory.
What is the Northwest Territory.
100
A king or a queen will lead this type of government.
What is monarchy?
100
This is where the Constitution was written.
What is Philadelphia?
100
This is how many states needed to ratify the Constitution.
What is 9?
200
This branch signs bills into law, serves as the Commander-in-Chief, and can make treaties.
What is the Executive Branch?
200
Most items under the Articles of Confederation were not passed because states only had one of these.
What is a vote?
200
This type of government is usually related to a democracy where citizens are allowed to vote for their leaders and rights are protected even when there is a change in power.
What is a republic?
200
This person was known as the "Father of the Constitution."
Who is James Madison?
200
This is the term that says that no one branch of government is more powerful than another.
What are checks and balances?
300
The Legislative branch contains two houses, they include these.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
300
This farmer and former military leader led a rebellion against the government over taxes.
Who is Daniel Shays?
300
Chaos! This is when a country doesn't have a type of government.
What is anarchy?
300
This was the plan that said that representation would be based on the population of a state.
What is the Virginia Plan?
300
This is the system that elects the president.
What is the electoral college?
400
This type of government can issue licences, conduct elections and ratify Amendments to the Constitution.
What is a state government?
400
After the Articles of Confederation failed, the solution was to create this important document.
What is the Constitution?
400
Hitler and Stalin led with an iron fist. When a single ruler takes all the power and is typically oppressive it is called...
What is a dictatorship?
400
Moving forward, this is what the government came up with for counting slaves.
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
400
This was the "first item of business" while constructing the Constitution.
What is make George Washington the president?
500
This is is the vocabulary term describing what it is called when both the state and federal government share a power.
What is concurrent?
500
These are two of the reasons why the Articles of Confederation failed.
Various Answers...
500
When the government forces people to follow a particular religion it is called...
What is a theocracy?
500
This group supported creating a stronger government, federal banks and didn't want anyone to interpret the Constitution. It was perfect as it was written.
Who are Federalists?
500
This is the term that explains our government will be ruled by the people.