AOC & The Constitution
This was the first form of national government used by the United States after declaring independence.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
The power to coin money is an enumerated power of this level of government.
What is federal?
The President can use this power to stop a bill from becoming law after Congress passes it.
What is a veto?
This group supported a strong central government to maintain order and unity.
Who are the Federalists?
This is the name of Mr. Meyaard's dog.
Who is Sunday?
This section at the beginning of the Constitution explains the goals and purposes of the new government.
What is The Preamble?
Public education is mostly run by this level of government.
What is state government?
This branch has the power of the purse.
What is the legislative?
This group demanded a Bill of Rights to protect individual freedoms from the federal government.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
This is the population of Michigan.
(within 1 million earns a correct answer)
What is 10.14 million?
The federal government controlling the military fulfills this goal from the Preamble.
What is "provide for the common defense"?
This was the type of federalism that the U.S. operated under until FDR's New Deal in the 1930s.
What is dual federalism?
Before someone can serve as a federal judge for life, this group must approve the appointment.
What is the Senate?
Alexander Hamilton was a famous this.
What is a federalist?
This is the capital of Belgium.
What is Brussels?
A major rebellion led by this man in Massachusetts revealed a major weakness in the Articles of Confederation
Who is Daniel Shays?
This type of cake is often used as an analogy for cooperative federalism.
What is a marble cake?
The following example shows how this branch can check the executive branch:Congress overrides a presidential veto on a spending bill.
What is the legislative branch?
Anti-Federalists feared that a large national government would ignore the needs of ordinary citizens. This famous addition to the Constitution directly addressed their concerns.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This European country was the birthplace of the Renaissance in the 14th century.
What is Italy?
The Great Compromise resolved a conflict between large and small states over representation. This compromise created what structure in Congress?
What is a bicameral legislature? (The House based on population and the Senate with equal representation)
Both Michigan and the federal government can collect income taxes, showing that these powers are shared. We refer to shared power as this type of powers.
What are concurrent powers?
The following example shows how this branch can check this other branch:The president appoint a supreme court justice.
What is executive checking judicial?
This was a collection of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to explain the Constitution and encourage ratification.
What are the federalist papers?
This country has the 70th highest population in the world.
What is Guatemala?