Articles of Confederation
The first constitution of the United States?
The Articles of Confederation
This is the name of the plan that proposed more representation for greater population.
What is the Virginia Plan
Leader of the Federalists. He wrote most of the Federalist Papers, trying to gain support for ratification of the Constitution.
Alexander Hamilton
How many rights are in the first Amendment?
5
1. Speech 2. Religion 3. Peaceful assembly 4. Petition the Government 5. Press
This was the first state to Ratify the Constitution
Delaware
Who was the only president to serve more than two terms?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Why was the national government always short of money under the Articles of Confederation?
Congress could not tax.
This is the name of the plan, that proposed that ALL states have two (equal) representatives despite their population.
What is The New Jersey Plan?
Who would have had this view point? "The Constitution will take rights away from the States!"
Anti Federalist
True or False: The Bill of Rights were ratified before the Constitution was Ratified?
False (BOR ratified in 1791)
The concept that political power rests with the consent of the people.
popular sovereignty
This ordinance established a system for setting up governments in the western territories so they could eventually join the union as states.
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Why would raising an army have been difficult for the Federal Government, given its power by the Articles of Confederation?
The Federal government could not raise or collect taxes to pay its army.
Solved the issue of representation. Created a bicameral Congress, one house based on population and the other with an equal number of representatives per state?
The Great Compromise
Which group supported a strong national government, a national bank and ratification of the Constitution?
Who were the Federalist?
This Amendment says that you do not have to testify against yourself in a criminal trial.
5th Amendment
Refers to the distribution/sharing of power between a federal government and the states within a union. In the Constitution, certain powers are delegated to only states, others only to the federal government, and others are shared powers. Best reflected by the Tenth Amendment.
federalism
This explorer was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean
Vasco Nunez Balboa
Farmers rebel against high taxes and losing their farms. Federal government unable to send in federal troops to stop the rebellion.
Shay's Rebellion
Solved the issue of how slaves would count for representation and taxation?
The Three-Fifths Compromise
Which group pushed for an addition of a Bill of Rights be applied to the United States Constitution?
Anti Federalist
This word means to signor give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement) making it officially valid
Ratify
How did the Constitution ensure the Principle of Separation of Powers
Creating three branches of Government
How many Federalists papers were written
85
The main reason the creators of the Articles of Confederation did not want an executive branch in the government?
They just got free of one king (tyrant) and did not want to see another one created.
Roger Sherman (Sure, man)
Which group feared the head of the Executive Branch might become another tyrant, another King George?
Anti-Federalists (especially Patrick Henry)
The Third amendment was created in response to this Act created by the British Government.
The Quartering Act
Refers to the idea that the power of the government is restricted by law. The government only has the power granted to it by the Constitution and everyone must obey the law.
limited government
How many total amendments have been written?
27