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Congress issued these types of "laws" to help describe territories.
What is an ordinance.
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Why did states with large populations favor the Virginia Plan? a. It had the legislature choose judges. b. It had the legislature choose the executive. c. It based representation on population.
What is c. It based representation on population.
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Which of the following is a civic responsibility? a. free speech b. voting c. due process
What is b. voting
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What was considered a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
What is any of the following: The Articles of Confederation did not allow the government to collect taxes, issue money, or raise an army.
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What was one difference between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution? a. Articles of Confederation had one branch. b. The states had to approve all laws under the Constitution. c. The federal government was strong under the Articles of Confederation.
What is a. Articles of Confederation had one branch.
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Which of the following can ONLY the national government do? a. collect taxes b. print money c. manage elections d. set up courts
What is b. print money
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Read the list below. rule of law, judicial review, and popular sovereignty Which is the BEST title for the list? a. Elements of Democracy in the United States b. The Declaration of Independence's Guarantees c. Ways of Ensuring Domestic Tranquility
What is a. Elements of Democracy in the United States
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This branch of the government includes the Supreme Court and other federal courts...
What is the Judicial Branch
300
What problem did war debts pose for the new nation? a. The American people did not want to repay the debts. b. The American people did not believe that the country owed money. c. The government could not collect taxes to repay the debts.
What is c. The government could not collect taxes to repay the debts.
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What was the original purpose of the Constitution? a. to decide whether a king should lead the government b. to form a stronger government by revising the Articles of Confederation c. to get delegates to sign the new Constitution
What is b. to form a stronger government by revising the Articles of Confederation
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This word means "an addition"
What is amendment
300
A government in which citizens have power to make political decisions is called this...
What is democracy.
300
Which two groups of people did not have the right to vote when the Constitution was written but now have the right?
What is African Americans and Women
400
What caused Shay's Rebellion? a. The federal government taxed the income farmers earned. b. One state raised taxes that people paid on their property. c. The federal government jailed people who could not pay their taxes.
What is b. One state raised taxes that people paid on their property.
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"Those gentlemen, who will be elected senators, will fix themselves in the federal town, and become citizens of that town more than of your state." The speaker of this passage is a a. supporter of the Articles of Confederation b. supporter of the Declaration of Independence b. supporter of George Washington as the 1st President
What is a. supporter of the Articles of Confederation
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Why did some states hesitate to ratify the Constitution? a. They thought it needed a Bill of Rights b. They did not want to be part of the new country c. They wanted to abolish slavery
What is a. They thought it needed a Bill of Rights
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These are responsibilities that include being informed about current events and voting.
What is Civic Responsibilities
400
This branch makes sure laws are carried out and commands the armed forces.
What is Executive Branch
500
This word means that prices went up while money lost value.
What is inflation.
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What did the three-fifths compromise do? a. It included three-fifths of the enslaved people in the population count. b. It required three-fifths of the states to ratify a law. c. It put three-fifths of the Articles of Confederation into the Constitution.
What is a. It included three-fifths of the enslaved people in the population count.
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"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." This was an amendment from the Bill of Rights. This was a victory for a. Nationalists b. Federalists c. Anti-Federalists
What is c. Anti-Federalists
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This means that the law protects citizens from a government's misuse of power.
What is rule of law.
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This branch makes laws and establishes taxes.
What is the Legislative Branch.