The Back Story
Name the five SOUTHERN colonies of the 13 original colonies.
Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia.
What are the three branches of government?
Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
What was the first constitution of the United States called?
The Articles of Confederation
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The Bill of Rights was created because the Constitution had not made it clear what rights the states and individual citizens had.
What is the name for the central, national government of the United States?
The Federal Government?
What war ended between the English and the French as they fought over the Ohio River Valley in 1763?
The French and Indian War
What is the name of the system which helps evenly distribute the powers among the three branches?
The system of checks and balances.
The Articles of Confederation gave most power to the ____________________.
states
The First Amendment protects the freedom of __________________, ___________________,
__________________, and ___________________.
religion, speech, press, and assembly.
The problems that the US had because of the Articles of Confederation were due to a lack of strong, ____________________ government.
What happened to the American colonists as a direct result of the French and Indian war?
They had to pay greater taxes to Britain to help pay for the war.
Concerning the passing of laws and judging them as constitutional or not:
The Judicial can check the Executive by declaring Presidential acts of law _________________, but the Executive can check the Judicial by choosing ____________ Court _______________.
The Judicial can check the Executive by declaring Presidential acts of law unconstitutional, but the Executive can check the Judicial by choosing Supreme Court Justices.
This means that the President can choose judges who might likely agree with laws he would pass, but that the Supreme Court has the power to reject his laws if they see fit.
1 - No national army
2 - No ability to pay back debts to other countries
3 - No ability to settle disputes between states.
The Fifth Amendment. (I plead the fifth!)
Who can declare war, the state government or the national government?
The national or federal government
What phrase did the American colonists use to express their displeasure with the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act?
"No taxation without representation!"
What is one check that the Judicial has over Congress, and what is one check that Congress has over the Judicial?
The Judicial can declare laws that ______________ made _____________________, while Congress can _______________ judges and help _____________ Supreme Court justices by approving the President's nomination.
The Judicial can declare laws that Congress made unconstitutional, while Congress can impeach judges and help choose Supreme Court justices by approving the President's nomination.
The Virginia plan was based on the idea that __________________________ of states would be based upon _______________________ numbers.
This caused problems for smaller states like Connecticut, who would be at a disadvantage because of their smaller size. This resulted in the C___________________ C__________________.
The Virginia plan was based on the idea that representation of states would be based upon population numbers.
This caused problems for smaller states like Connecticut, who would be at a disadvantage because of their smaller size. This resulted in the Connecticut Compromise.
The _______________ Amendment also protects citizens from having their life, freedom, or property taken away. If the government wishes to take away property, they must offer to _________________ it.
The Fifth Amendment also protects citizens from having their life, freedom, or property taken away. If the government wishes to take away property, they must offer to purchase it.
Who can print money, the state or the federal government?
The federal.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and when was it adopted? When was it officially signed?
It was written by Thomas Jefferson and adopted on July 4, 1776. It was officially signed on August 2, 1776.
Concerning the passing of laws: What is one check the Executive has over the Legislative, and what is one check the Legislative has over the Executive?
The Executive can _____________ laws that the Legislature has made, but the Legislature can _____________ the veto with a 2/___ majority________
The Executive can veto laws that the Legislature has made, but the Legislature can override the veto with a 2/3 majority vote.
The Connecticut Compromise helped make representation more fair for the smaller states by dividing the legislature in the __________________ and the ________________ _____ ______________________. There would be ________ Senators from each state and a House Rep for every ______________ people in each state.
The Connecticut Compromise helped make representation more fair for the smaller states by dividing the legislature in the __________________ and the ________________ _____ ______________________. There would be ________ Senators from each state and a House Rep for every ______________ people in each state.
How many original amendments were there? How many are there now?
10 and 27
Who can impose taxes, the state or the national government?
The state and the federal government can impose taxes.