Paperwork!
Government
Constitutional Convention
Constitution
So Random
100
the governing document that we use today
The Constitution
100
a single legislature
unicameral
100
Took place in this city
Philadelphia
100
This event directly led to the Constitutional Convention
Shays' Rebellion
100
another word for passed as in "The state ______ the Constitution"
ratified
200
Created the first government of the US (and a weak central government)
Articles of Confederation
200
a legislature divided into two houses
bicameral
200
The plan that called for equality representation in Congress
New Jersey plan
200
What keeps one branch from becoming too powerful under the Constitution?
Checks and balances
200
This was excluded from lands in the Northwest Ordinance
Slavery
300
This was created to protect individual freedoms from a large national government
Bill of Rights
300
The branch created to enforce laws.
Executive
300
The plan that called for proportional representation
Virginia Plan
300
Led by Alexander Hamilton, mainly urban, believed that the three branches of government would protect the people
Federalists
300
The number that a territory had to reach to become a state
60,000
400
Often seen as the one positive outcome of the countries first governmental document.
The Northwest Ordinance
400
The branch determines whether a law is constitutional
Judicial
400
Enslaved people were counted as this fraction when factoring a state's representative population.
3/5
400
Led by Thomas Jefferson, mainly rural, and wanted their individual freedoms protected in writing
Antifederalists
400
Today, which state would have the most representatives and a state that would have only 1.
Most: California
Least: Alaska, DE, Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming.
500
Written mostly by Alexander Hamilton to convince states to ratify another document
The Federalist Papers
500
The only branch of government represented under the first governing document of the US
legislative
500
Name the state that came up with the Great Compromise and explain what it was in detail.
Connecticut
Senate- equal representation
House- proportional
500
What important voting body is this showing?
The Electoral College
500
word meaning authority to govern oneself.
You must spell it correctly
sovereignty