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Vocabulary
The Articles of Confederation/The Constitution
Numbers
Branches of Government
Misc.
100
They wanted a strong federal government.
What are federalists
100
This is the beginning of the Constitution
What is the preamble
100
This is how many terms the president can serve
What is two
100
These are the three branches of government
What are judicial, legislative, executive branches
100
This type of government is where the central government is greater than the state government
What is federalism
200
This is another word for confederate
What is states
200
This profession lead Shay's Rebellion
What are farmers
200
There are this many members of The House of Representative
What is 435
200
This is the system that makes sure that no branch of government gets too powerful
What is checks and balances
200
This is the term used to describe a government that represents the people
What is republicanism
300
The first ten amendments to the constitution.
What is The Bill of Rights
300
This is the turning point for the Articles of Confederation
What is Shay's Rebellion
300
There are this many Supreme Court justices
What is 9
300
This is the term used to describe the jobs of government getting separated into different branches
What is separation of powers
300
This is the term length of Supreme Court justices
What is no term length
400
This is the first constitution of the United States
What is The Articles of Confederation
400
This is how many amendments to the Constitution there are
What is 27
400
This is the term length of senators
What is six years
400
These are two powers of the Legislative Branch
What are declare war, collect taxes, coin money
400
This many senators represent each state.
What is two
500
This is how the president is elected
What is electoral college
500
These are two reasons the Articles of Confederation failed.
What is the inability to tax, conflicts between the states, and Shay's Rebellion
500
There are this many members of the Senate
What is 100
500
Congress is made up of these two groups
What is the Senate and the House of Representatives
500
This decides the number of members of the House of Representatives each state gets
What is population