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In a ________, the people choose representatives to govern them.
What is a republic?
100
A plan of government proposed at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 that called for a one-house legislature in which each state would have one vote.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
100
Added in 1791, these are the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
100
A written plan of government
What is a Constitution?
100
a personal liberty and privilege guaranteed to U.S. citizens by the Bill of Rights.
What is individual right?
200
In this plan, the national government had few powers. The national government was run by a Confederation Congress. Each state had only one vote in the congress. The national government had power to wage war, make peace, sign treaties, and issue money. This plan also left most important powers to the states.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
200
A meeting held in 1787 to consider changes to the Articles of Confederation; resulted in the drafting of the Constitution.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
200
They are supporters of the Constitution.
Who are the Federalists?
200
The belief that government should be based on the consent of the people; people exercise their power by voting for political representatives.
What is Republicanism?
200
This term is closely related to the "rule of law": In the American government everyone, citizens and powerful leaders alike, must obey the law.
What is limited government?
300
This described how the Northwest territory was to be governed.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
300
The Constitutional Convention's agreement to establish a two-house national legislature, with all states having equal representation in one house and each state having representation based on its population in the other house.
What is the Great Compromise?
300
A system of government where power is shared among the central government and the states.
What is Federalism?
300
The division of basic government roles into branches.
What is Separation of Powers?
300
A government in which the people rule.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
400
In 1787, a group of farmers marched on a federal arsenal. This led to Americans realizing that an armed uprising of common farmers spelled danger for the nation.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
400
A plan proposed by Edmund Randolph, that proposed a government with three branches and a two-house legislature in which representation would be based on a state's population or wealth.
What is the Virginia Plan?
400
These people opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
Who are the Anti-federalists?
400
Also known as an official approval.
What is ratification
400
Alexander Hamilton supported a _________ interpretation of the Constitution.
What is loose?
500
A law that established a plan for surveying and selling the federally owned lands west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Land Ordinance of 1785?
500
The Constitutional Convention's agreement on how to count a state's slaves as population for purposes of representation and taxation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
500
A series of essays defending and explaining the Constitution.
What is the Federalist Papers?
500
The ability of each branch of government to exercise controls over the other branches.
What is Checks and Balances?
500
Thomas Jefferson supported a _________ interpretation of the Constitution.
What is strict?