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100
This was one major weakness of the Articles of Confederation
What is it lacked the power to levy taxes, control interstate commerce, draft soldiers...
100
This was the goal of our Founding Fathers when they first met in 1787
What is to revise the Articles of Confederation?
100
A presidential veto of a law and an override of the presidential veto by 2/3rds of Congress is an example of this
What is the system of checks and balances?
100
These are the five freedoms listed in the First Amendment
What are the freedoms of speech, press, petition, assembly, and religion?
100
House of Representatives members serve for this long a period of time
What are two year terms?
200
This part of the government had the most power during the Articles of Confederation
What were the individual states?
200
The Anti-federalists refused to ratify the constitution without this
What is a Bill of Rights?
200
This part of the federal government responds most directly to the will of the people
What is the House of Representatives?
200
A police officer needs a warrant to come into your home and look through your possessions otherwise it is considered this
What is an illegal "search and seizure"?
200
Our Supreme Court currently has this number of Supreme Court Justices
What is nine supreme court justices?
300
The one and ONLY great success of the Articles of Confederation was this
What is the Northwest Ordinance (providing a path for statehood)?
300
This slave trade and commerce compromise stated this (two parts)
What is Congress could regulate interstate commerce but the slave trade would continue for the next twenty years?
300
If the president were to be impeached, he would have to hear the verdict from this part of our government
What is the House of Representatives?
300
Many of our founding fathers did not want a Bill of Rights added to the Constitution because of this
What is they were afraid it would limit our rights rather than provide us with rights?
300
The Anti-federalists preferred this form of government
What is the Articles of Confederation?
400
This event led the Founding Fathers to want to reform the Articles of Confederation
What is Shays's Rebellion?
400
The New Jersey plan provided for this
What is equal representation in Congress for all states?
400
If a president wanted to decree something that has the force of law, he writes one of these
What is an executive order?
400
The right to habeas corpus is protected by these two amendments
What are the 6th and 7th amendments?
400
This allowed Congress to pass laws that were not explicitly allowed by the Constitution
What is the elastic clause?
500
This was the reason that the Articles of Confederation were created instead of a stronger central government
What is the fear of another "England" or dictatorship/monarchy?
500
This is known as the Great Compromise
What is the House of Representatives is based on proportional representation and the Senate is based on equal representation?
500
This is the division of power between national, state, and local governments
What is the system of Federalism?
500
OJ Simpson could never be convicted of killing his wife again because of this
What is the 5th amendment (Double Jeopardy)?
500
The Articles of Confederation had very few powers. This is one of their powers
What is the power to borrow money, to declare war, make treaties, etc.?