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Principles
Articles of Confederation
US Constitution
Key Words
Miscellaneous
100
term for division of power between the federal and state governments
What is federalism?
100
the number of votes each state had under the AOC
What is 1?
100
the type of government established in the US Constitution
What is a strong federal government?
100
an opposing or dissenting group
What is a faction?
100
The group that wanted to write a new constitution rather than revising the AOC
Who are the federalists?
200
a system of government in which government powers are carefully spelled out to prevent government from becoming too powerful
What is limited government?
200
the reason it was difficult to pass laws under the AOC
What is requiring a unanimous vote?
200
the issue that caused the most concern and disagreement at the Constitutional Convention
What is representation?
200
economic system used by Great Britain to gain wealth through trade with colonies
What is mercantilism?
200
the branch of government responsible for being sure that laws are enforced
What is the executive branch?
300
the role of people in the social contract theory
What is to giving up control to the government in retrun for protection of their rights?
300
the meaning of "requisition"
What is to "ask"?
300
this had to be added in order to ratify the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
300
a formal agreement between the US and another country
What is a treaty?
300
the purpose of the Federalist Papers
What is gaining support to ratify the Constitution?
400
the delegated power in Article I, Section 8, that is referred to as the "elastic" clause
What is the "necessary and proper" clause?
400
the event that showed the national government under the AOC was too weak to protect the people
What is Shay's Rebellion?
400
an example in which Congress uses the "necessary and proper" clause to pass legislation (laws)
What is to establish a bank? (Congress has the delegated power to coin money but not to establish a bank.)
400
An early British document that provided a trial by a jury of their peers
What is the Magna Carta?
400
this protects the manufacturer from lower priced goods being imported into the country
What is a protective tariff?
500
federalism is evident in this amendment
What is the 10th amendment?
500
who had the power to regulate interstate commerce under the AOC
What are the states?
500
2 rights included in the English Bill of Rights that is also in the US Bill of Rights
What are a fair trial and no excessive bail, fines, or cruel punishment or the right to bear arms?
500
this created a Senate and a House of Representatives
What is the Great Compromise?
500
the rights of the people not specifically listed in the Bill of Rights are included in this amendment; it is also part of the Bill of Rights
What is the 9th Amendment?