Articles of Confederation
This was the first government of the United States.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This rebellion showed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
This compromise created a two-house legislature.
What is the Great Compromise?
This branch makes laws.
What is the legislative branch?
This law created a process for new states to join the U.S.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
Under the Articles, Congress could not do this to raise money.
What is collecting taxes?
This group of people led the rebellion due to debt and taxes.
Who are farmers?
This plan wanted representation based on population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
This branch enforces laws.
What is the executive branch?
This territory was north of the Ohio River.
What is the Northwest Territory?
This branch of government was missing under the Articles.
What is the executive branch?
This 1787 meeting was called to fix the government.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
This plan called for equal representation for each state.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
This branch interprets laws.
What is the judicial branch?
This was banned in the Northwest Territory.
What is slavery?
This problem made it hard for the national government to enforce laws.
What is the lack of power?
Delegates met in this city to write a new Constitution.
What is Philadelphia?
This part of Congress is based on population.
What is the House of Representatives?
This system prevents one branch from becoming too powerful.
What are checks and balances?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
Each state had this many votes in Congress under the Articles.
What is one?
Instead of fixing the Articles, they created this new document.
What is the Constitution?
This part of Congress gives each state equal votes.
What is the Senate?
This system divides power between state and national governments.
What is federalism?
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?