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Branches of Government
Articles of Confederation
The Constitution
Federalists & Democratic-Republicans
First 5 Presidents
100
the Judicial Branch
What branch of government decides if the laws another branch makes is constitutional?
100
The Articles of Confederation provided for a _____ national government.
What is a weak national government?
100
Each branch of government can check the power of the other to prevent any one from gaining too much power.
What are checks and balances?
100
This political party was led by Thomas Jefferson.
What is the Democratic-Republican party?
100
This "first five" president was not from Virginia.
Who is John Adams?
200
The seperation of powers was based on _______ ________'s _______ Plan.
Who is James Madison and his Virginia Plan?
200
It gave ______ no power to tax or regulate commerce among the states.
What is Congress?
200
A system that divides governmental powers between the national government and the government of the states.
What is a Federal System of Government?
200
This party favored a national bank.
What is the Federalist party?
200
This president told Lewis and Clark to explore the new land he bought from France called Louisiana.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
These are the three branches of government.
What are the executive, judicial, and legislative branches?
300
It did not provide a ______ _______, so if you lived in Virginia and went to North Carolina you would have to get a different type of money.
What is a common currency?
300
The structure of the new national government based on James Madison's "Virginia Plan," which called for three seperate branches of government.
What is the Separation of Powers?
300
This person led the Federalist party.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
300
This president wrote the MONROE doctrine.
Who is James Monroe?
400
The legislative branch is broken up into these two houses.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
400
This document gave each state _____ vote in Congress regardless of size.
What is one vote?
400
The first ten amendments to the Constitution of the US provides a written guarantee of individual rights.
What is the Bill of Rights?
400
This party favors small businesses and farmers.
What is the Democratic-Republican party?
400
This president also wrote the Bill of Rights.
Who is James Madison?
500
In the House of Representatives the number of votes a state gets is based on this.
What is the state's population?
500
These two branches were not provided in the Articles of Confederation.
What are the executive and judicial branches?
500
This person was the author of the Bill of Rights, and also our fourth president.
Who is James Madison?
500
This party favored development of industry on a national scale.
Who are the Federalists?
500
During this president's administration, the Federal Court System was established.
Who is George Washington?