Lesson 1: Articles of Confederation 🛟
This was the first plan for a national government, created by the Second Continental Congress during the Revolutionary War.
What is the introduction to the U.S. Constitution that states its main goals.
The Preamble
What are the first ten amendments reffered to as?
The Bill of Rights
The principle that all citizens must obey the law but are protected from government abuse of power is known by this term.
Rule of law
Which page is definition of ratified found on?
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Under the Articles of Confederation, the central government had only this branch.
Legislative
What is the name of the system where each branch has ways of limiting the power of the other branches?
Checks and balances
This amendment guarantees a "bundle" of rights including freedom of religion, speech, the press, and peaceful assembly.
The First Amendment
This clause in Article 1, Section 8 gives Congress the power to regulate trade between states and with foreign nations.
The Commerce Clause
How does the glossary define anarchy?
lawlessness; disorder caused by lack of rules
This term means a general rise in prices and was a major problem during the Confederation period, caused by states printing their own money.
inflation
What was the plan for government that called for representation in Congress to be based on a state's population, favoring larger states.
The Virginia Plan
Which group insisted on adding a Bill of Rights, fearing the new Constitution endangered individual freedoms?
The Anti-Federalists
The process for adding an amendment requires a _________ vote in Congress and ratification by ________ of these state bodies.
two thirds (2/3) and three fourths (3/4)
Which term means the idea that government powers and duties of government are divided among different branches?
Separation of Powers
This 1787 rebellion by farmers showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and led many to support a stronger central government.
Shays Rebellion
Which part of Congress is made up of the same number of representatives from each state?
Senate
This main idea means the government's power comes from the citizens, and it is the foundation of the U.S. constitutional republic.
popular sovereignty
This 1954 Supreme Court case declared that state laws allowing racial segregation in public schools were unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education
According to the index, where can I find information on the economy under the articles of confederation?
pg. 253
This law passed in 1785 explained how land in the Northwest Territory would be divided and required public schools to be included in each new area.
Land Ordinance of 1785
Collecting taxes is an example of a power that is shared, or the same, between these two levels of government.
State and federal (or national) governments
A group peacefully assembles to protest a law they believe is cruel; in response, the government arrests them and sets their bail at an impossibly high million dollars to keep them in jail.
Which amendments have been violated?
First and Eighth
This constitutional clause in Article 1, Section 8 protects the "writings and discoveries" of artists and inventors for a limited time to "promote science and the useful arts."
The Patent and Copyright Clause
WHICH PAGE IN THE INDEX can I find information about the constitution and women's right to vote?
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