Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Convention
Articles of the Constitution
Bill of Rights
Federalists/Antifederalists
vocabulary
100
The biggest weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
What is collecting taxes?
100
The year of the Constitutional Convention.
When was 1787?
100
This article of the Constitution outlines the powers and procedures of the Legislative Branch of Government, including a bicameral Congress
What is Article 1?
100
The Bill of Rights were demanded by this group before they would agree to ratify the document.
The Antifederalists
100
People who wanted the federal government to have the MOST power were called this.
What are federalists?
100
When a president rejects a bill
What is veto?
200
The Articles of Confederation had only a _______ branch of government.
What is legislative?
200
The Convention to draft a new Constitution met in this city in 1787.
What is Philadelphia?
200
This article of the Constitution outlines the procedures for electing the President, head of the executive branch, including the offices designated powers such as being the Commander-in-Chief and enforcing laws
What is Article 2?
200
This amendment requires officials have a search warrant.
What is the 4th Amendment?
200
George Mason was a well known?
Who is Anti federalist
200
A system of divided powers between the federal government and the states, protected by the 10th amendment.
What is federalism
300
This was a meeting of delegates in 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation, which produced the new U.S. Constitution.
What was the Constitutional Convention?
300
The issue of representation was settled by this compromise. New Jersey suggested equal representation in Congress while Virginia suggested proportional representation based on population.
What is the Great Compromise?
300
This article of the Constitution outlines the presence of a Supreme Court, or judicial branch
What is Article 3?
300
The Bill of Rights protects citizens right to this principle of government. An idea pioneered by John Locke.
What are individual/natural rights?
300
One argument from a anti federalist was that, the Constitution needed
What is a Bill of Rights?
300
A change to the Constitution
What is amendment?
400
Enacted in 1787, it is considered one of the most significant achievements of the Articles of Confederation. It established a system for setting up governments in the western territories so they could eventually join the Union on an equal footing with the original 13 states
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
400
The agreement between Northern and Southern states in the Union to count slaves toward the population of a state for purposes of taxation and representation.
What is the 3/5th Compromise?
400
Article 1 says a Senator must be at least this old.
What is article 30?
400
Poor Johnny has been arrested and asks for a lawyer. His request is denied. This is a violation of the ______ amendment.
What is the 5th Amendment.
400
This group was supported by wealthy merchants an businessmen from cities.
who are the federalist?
400
An agreement where both sides give up something
What is compromise?
500
The weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation caused problems with taxation and led to violent domestic conflict, this event made it clear to the Founding Fathers that a Constitutional Convention was necessary.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
500
The convention was originally called to revise this document.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
500
According to Article V how what fraction of Congress is needed and what fraction of the states is needed in order to ratify a Constitutional Amendment
What is 2/3 and 3/4?
500
To add the Bill of Rights, they needed 2/3 of Congress or State Legislatures to propose, and 3/4 of either state legislatures or conventions to ratify.
What is the amendment process?
500
"All rights not not expressly and unequivocally reserved to the people are implied and incidentally relinquished to rulers, as necessarily inseparable from the delegated powers." - Patrick Henry
What is an antifederalist?
500
An approval
What is ratification