"Fed" Up?
What is the Federal Government?
A system where you elect representatives. Sometimes referred to as representative democracy.
What is Republicanism?
Called for a bicameral legislature where one house was based on equal representation (Senate) and the other house was based on population (House of Representatives).
What is the Great or Connecticut Compromise?
The year that the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is 1776?
True or False: The word slave appears in the Constitution.
What is false?
The group concerned about a strong central government.
What are the Anti-Federalists?
Mixed mode of government where power is divided between national and state or regional governments.
What is Federalism?
For every 5 slaves, 3 would count towards representation and taxes.
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
The turning point of the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
The Articles of Confederation had a _______ central government.
What is weak?
The Supremacy Clause
What is the Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land or Federal Law > State Law?
An example is having 3 branches of government.
What is Separation of Powers?
Congress could not ban the importation of slaves until after 1808.
What is the Slave Trade Compromise?
The reason that the Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the Revolution.
What is it convinced the French to join the war?
The small states complaint against the Virginia Plan.
What is both houses of the legislature's representation being based on population (proportional representation)?
The Anti-Federalist that took issue with the first 3 words of the Constitution. Famous for his "Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death" Speech.
Who is Patrick Henry?
An example is that the President can veto legislation, but Congress can override the President's veto with a 2/3 majority vote.
What are Checks and Balances?
The system used to elect the President
What is the Electoral College?
Main reason for French colinization
What is fur trapping or fur trading?
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
What is the 10th Amendment?
Number of Federalist Papers
What is 85?
"We the people" is an example.
What is popular sovereignty?
Commerce Compromise
What is tarriffs will only be allowed on imports from foreign countries?
An economic policy that is designed to maximize the exports and minimize the imports for an economy. Colonies exist to be exploited.
What is Mercantilism?
Author of the Bill of Rights
Who is James Madison?