People
This group of people was FOR ratification of the Constitution.
Who were the Federalists.
The rebellion in response to Alexander Hamilton's financial plan. Washington used his executive powers to put it down.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion.
A major success was the Land and Northwest Ordinances.
A failure was the central government had no army or money.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
The house in the legislative branch that is determined by population.
What is the House of Representatives.
This is done every 10 years to count the population.
What is the census.
He was the first secretary of the National Treasury.
Who is Alexander Hamilton.
The compromise that determined how slaves would be counted for representation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise.
The supreme law of the land has 27 Amendments.
What is the Constitution.
The length of a supreme court justice's term.
What is a life term.
The indirect method of electing the President.
What is the electoral college.
This group of people supported states rights and thought the Bill of Rights was necessary.
Who were the Anti-Federalists.
The compromise that created two houses in the legislative branch.
What is Washington's Farewell Address.
The total number of US Senators.
What is 100.
Written in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, the authors believed the 1st Amendment was being threatened and that states can nullify federal laws.
What is the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions.
He wrote the first draft of the Bill of Rights.
Who is James Madison.
This event highlighted the weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shays Rebellion.
The first ten amendments are known as this.
What is the Bill of Rights.
Besides taking over as the President should the President die, this is the other main role of the Vice President.
What is breaking a tie in the Senate.
The only state to NOT be represented at the Constitutional Convention.
What is Rhode Island.
Political party that believed common people should hold political power and favored a strict interpretation of the Constitution.
Who were the Democratic-Republicans.
The House of Representatives voted for Thomas Jefferson when there was a tie in the electoral college.
What is the Election of 1800.
The acts that made it more difficult to become a citizen and easier for the government to arrest someone for criticizing them.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts.
The clause that gives Congress the ability to make all "necessary and proper" laws, even in changing times.
What is a filibuster.