Government
Name the two plans fought about to decide how states would send representatives to vote.
What are the Virginia and New Jersey Plans?
This is the ceremony where the President gets sworn into office.
What is an inauguration?
These two men were part of Washington's 1st Cabinet. They argued a notable amount of the time.
Who was Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton?
This document was signed in Paris and signified the official end of The American Revolution.
What was the Treaty of Paris?
Another name for paper money was ___________ __________.
What was bank notes?
This was the government before the Constitution. It was said to be weak and gave states too much power.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This was the idea that there would be branches of government to balance the power of each other.
What is separation of powers?
He was the first president of America.
Who was George Washington?
The promise of this document only convinced some states to ratify the Constitution. Other states waited to see it actually happen before they would approve.
What is The Bill of Rights?
This word is used to talk about when prices go up and our money isn't worth as much.
What is inflation?
This branch of our government makes laws.
What is the legislative branch?
These two groups argued over whether power should belong to states or the federal government.
Who were Federalists and Anti-Federalists?
This was George Washington's vice president.
Who was John Adams?
This is the document that we use today as our plan for government.
What is The Constitution?
These are a special tax on goods we ship in (import) from other countries.
What are tariffs?
What is the judicial branch?
This is the term for the President's group of advisors.
What is the cabinet?
This was the only president to be to be elected unanimously.
Who was George Washington?
We studied this document that held and protected 10 of our basic rights.
What is The Bill of Rights?
This was set up in 1791 to hold and loan money within America.
What was the national bank?
This branch of government is the President and Vice President. They can veto and carry out laws.
People sorted themselves out based on how they felt about government-type things. That was the start of something we still have today, called ___________ ___________.
What are political parties?
This was the 2nd President. He and his wife moved into the White House before it was done.
Who was John Adams?
This is the term used for when we allow things to be added to the Constitution.
What is amendments?
This was the place where coins were made.
What is the U.S. Mint?