A Confederation of States
Gave states too much power and not enough for the national government
What is the Articles of Confederation?
85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison
What are the Federalist Papers?
The city where the Constitutional Convention took place
What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
Powers only the national government has
What are enumerated powers?
A system in which each branch of the government has the power to monitor and limit the actions of the other two
What are Checks and Balances?
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
What are the three branches of government?
Patrick Henry - someone who didn't want the Constitution
What is an Anti-Federalist?
The plan that favored larger states having more representation in government
What is the Virginia Plan?
Powers only the state government has
What are reserved powers?
A principle in which the people are the only source of government power
What is Popular Sovereignty?
The creation of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and parts of Minnesota
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
The introduction to the US Constitution
What is the Preamble?
The plan that didn't want larger states to have more representation in government
What is the New Jersey Plan?
Powers both the state and national governments have
What are concurrent powers?
Amendment that outlawed slavery
What is the 13th amendment?
The turning point of the Articles of Confederation
What is Shay's Rebellion?
Establishes how the Government is structured and how the Constitution can be changed
What are the seven articles?
Slaves not being fully counted for in the US Constitution
What is the three-fifths rule?
The power of the Supreme Court to decide whether the acts of a president or laws passed by Congress are constitutional
Rights that are given to you when you get arrested
What are the Miranda Rights?
Total amount of amendments in the US Constitution
What is 27 amendments?
The first ten amendments of the US Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
The solution to a two-house congress
What is the Great Compromise?
A political system in which power is shared between the national government and state governments
What is federalism?
The city where the Tipton Hotel is located in
What is Boston?