People
Who organized the first antislavery society in 1774?
Quakers from Pennsylvania
Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Shays's Rebellion forced courts to close so judges could not confiscate...
farmland
What keeps any one branch of government from gaining too much power?
checks and balances
The divison of powers between the national government and the states is a...
federal system
a law or regulation
ordinance
Who was the presiding officer at the Constitutional Convention?
George Washington
What was the single territory that was created out of the lands north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River?
Convention delegates broke the deadlock between large and small states when they approved...
the Great Compromise
The branch of government that is headed by the president is called the..
executive branch
SIX -- 6 x times the points to name the first three presidents.
The Revolutionary War brought into focus the contradiction between the American battle for liberty and the...
practice of slavery
Part of a document that deals with a single subject
article
Seven -- 7 x times the points: how many articles does the Constitution have?
What were the supporters of the new consitution called?
Federalists
Quad- 4 x the points to name one
Which was the last state to ratify the Constitution?
Rhode Island
The movement that influenced the Consitution's architects was the...
Enlightenment
Five -- 5 x times the points to name a philosopher.
judicial branch
Convention delegates agree that the Consitution must be approved by how many states?
Daily Double-- Double the points for the 9th state
9
New Hampshire
a formal request
petition
The belief that all people have a right to life, liberty, and property was by philosopher...
John Locke
Name one of the 13 orginal states?
Triple the points- for all 13!
Conneticut
New Hampshire
New York
New York
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Agreement between two or more sides.
Compromise
two house legislature
bicameral
What was America's first constitution called?
Articles of Confederation
What happend to the value of money printed during the Revolutionary War?
depresciated
Group that chooses President and Vice President
Electoral College
Where citizens rule through elected officials.
republic
to approve
ratify
an additon to a formal document
amendment
The President can check Congress through...
vetoing
Low economic activity and high unemployment
depression