This was the first government system in the United States. It gave the federal government almost no power, which left the state governments in charge.
What are The Articles of Confederation?
100
They were called because of a weakness in the Articles which lead to this rebellion.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
100
Using the ideas of John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu, he wrote the Constitution.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
These are the powers granted directly to the national government by the Constitution; another name for expressed powers
What are the enumerated powers?
100
This is the enlightenment thinker that first thought of the government being divided into three branches.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
200
This was a weakness in the Articles, the federal government tried to do this because they were in debt, but the states didn't approve. This later lead to a rebellion.
What is no power to tax?
200
This was an agreement that enslaved people would count as three for every five of other people in determining representation in Congress.
What is the Three-fifths Compromise?
200
Because of the complains of the anti-federalists that the new constitution didn't guarantee the people's rights, the government decided to add this to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
200
These are the powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states.
What are the reserved powers?
200
This is the law-making branch of the government, which contains congress. It is explained in the first Articles of the Constitution.
What is the Legislative Branch?
300
Out of the two laws that the Articles passed, this one was the one that set up the plan to survey western land, divide the land into townships, and sell the land.
What is Ordinance of 1785?
300
This plan had a federal government much like ours. It had a president, courts, and a congress with two houses. State population would decide how many representatives were in each house.
What is the Virginia Plan?
300
This is the beginning of the Constitution. It explains the goals of the government.
What is the Preamble?
300
These powers are shared by the state and federal governments.
What are the concurrent powers?
300
This is the law-enforcing part of the government and contains the president. It is described in the second Article of the Constitution.
What is the Executive Branch?
400
Out of the two laws passed by the Articles, this one told how to amend new states to the Union.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
400
This plan kept the Confederation’s one-house congress. Each state would have one vote, but Congress could set taxes and regulate, or control, trade.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
400
This is the middle of the Constitution, it explains how the government is set up.
What are the Articles?
400
This clause resolves conflicts between the laws of a state and laws passed by the United States Congress.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
400
This is the branch that interprets the Constitution and sees that they are fairly applied. This branch contains the supreme court and is outlined in the third Article of the Constitution.
What is the Judicial Branch?
500
This was another weakness of the Articles, it took this many states' vote to change or add a law to the Articles.
What is thirteen out of thirteen vote?
500
These were the two groups that formed after the new Constitution was finished, one group liked it, the other group opposed it.
Who are the federalists and anti-federalists?
500
These are the end of the Constitution and the changes that were made to the government. In the beginning, there were ten.
What are the Amendments?
500
The clause that allows Congress to use powers not directly listed in the Constitution.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
500
The branches of government these principals while running the government. They include popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, and federalism.