Federalist or Anti-Federalist
Who believed a strong central government is necessary, and the Constitution will protect the state governments?
Who is Federalist?
The Articles limited the power of the central government and gave more power to the _______.
What are states?
What court is the final step in the Federal court system?
Supreme Court
Who imagined a set of natural rights ( life, liberty, and property) that human beings share?
Who is John Locke?
What is the idea that those who govern must follow the laws; no one is above the law
Rule of Law
Who believed the federal government has too much power and too much of the states’ power is taken away?
Who is Anti-Federalist?
The weakness of central government made it hard to collect ____, which lowered the revenue of the national government.
What are taxes?
Which branch of government consists of departments that assist the President in enforcing the law.
*Double Points: What do you call the group of department leaders that advise the president? *
Executive
Cabinet
A government document that expanded the powers of the English Parliament and expanded the rights of the people, as well as further limited the rights of the king; written by the members of the English Parliament in 1689
What is English Bill of Rights?
A person's citizenship at birth is the same as that of his or her biological mother or father
What is law of blood?
Who believed a list of rights is necessary to protect people and states from the federal government?
Who is Anti-Federalist?
To change the Articles, ____ states needed to approve the measure.
What are all?
The power of the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of the laws
Judicial Review
An agreement between individuals that created a government that would provide order and protect the rights of the colonists; written by a group of English Puritans in Massachusetts in 1620
The process by which an immigrant becomes a citizen.
What is naturalization?
Who believed a list of rights is not necessary because the federal government’s powers are limited?
Who is Federalist?
Under the Articles, Congress has no power to regulate _____ trade?
What is trade?
Which chamber of Congress has the power to approve presidential appointments.
Senate
A pamphlet published by Thomas Paine in 1776 to convince the American colonists to support becoming independent from England
What is Common Sense?
The 4th amendment right that states a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime
Double Jeopardy
Who believed the Necessary and Proper Clause will give too much power to the federal government?
Who is Anti- Federalist?
Under the Articles, there was no _________ , who is also known as the Chief Executive.
Who is President?
Who can veto a bill if he or she does not agree with it?
Who is the president?
Which Enlightenment thinker established the ideas of "checks and balance" & "separation of powers"
Montesquieu
What is the right of people accused of crimes to have laws that treat them fairly, so that they cannot lose their life or freedom without having their legal rights protected
Due process