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The proposed plan for representation in Congress based on State population and what is now the House of Representatives.

What is the Virginia Plan?
100

These two branches of government did not exist under the Articles of Confederation.


What are the Judicial and the Executive branches?
100
These two groups laid the foundation for the formation of political parties in the US.
What are the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans?
100
This is what the term "Bill of Rights" encompasses.
What are the first ten Amendments to the US Constitution?
100
This Amendment is alluded to in Jay-Z's single, "99 Problems."
What is the 4th Amendment? (Protection from unlawful search and seizure, "you gonna need a warrant for that")
200

The proposed plan for representation in Congress based equal representation for all States.

What is the New Jersey Plan?
200

One of the biggest problems with the Articles was that they provided a weak this.


What is central government?
200
The policy disputes between these two founders started the nation on a path towards the development of political parties?
Who are Hamilton and Jefferson?
200
The Bill of Rights were demanded as a condition of ratifying the US Constitution by this group of founders.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
200
This segment of Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution allows for a loose interpretation of the powers of the Federal government, and may have created a great temptation for a strict constructionist looking for new farm land. 
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
300

The final compromise added to the US Constitution that was demanded by the Anti-Federalists.

What is the Bill of Rights?
300

In order to amend the Articles, this many out of 13 states had to agree.


What is thirteen?
300

After the demise of the Federalists, internal disputes within the National Republican Party gave rise to the formation of this party, which closely mimicked Federalist policies.  

What is the Whig Party.
300
The 1st Amendment encompasses these five individual rights.
What are the Freedoms of Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, and Petition?
300
The resolutions presented by these two states in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts set a precedent that may have encouraged both the nullification and secession movements later on in US history.
What are Kentucky and Virginia?
400

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay wrote these to support the ratification of the Constitution.

What are the Federalist Papers?
400

One problem with the Articles was that this was not consistent from state to state.


What is paper money or monetary system?
400
During the early to mid 1800's, this party reflected the agrarian utopianism and small central government focus of Jefferson.
What is the Democratic Party?
400
This Amendment indicated some powers were "reserved" to the states.
What is the 10th Amendment?
400
When these two men were elected, respectively, President and Vice President, a great early problem in the Presidential election process was explicitly demonstrated. One might say it was a collision of the commonwealths...
Who are John Adams and Thomas Jefferson?
500
This man became known as the Father of the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
500

The lack of power to do this, led to a fiscal crisis where the central government was nearly bankrupt by 1780.


What is the power to tax?
500
This policy enactment changed the face of political parties in the US, as it forced the parties to focus more on political campaigning.
What is Universal Male Suffrage?
500
This Amendment is meant to protect a person from double jeopardy and self-incrimination.
What is the 5th Amendment?
500
Though certainly a great writer, this president was consistently outdone from a social relations aptitude standpoint by his wife. For what it's worth, this point goes to the ladies...
Who is James Madison?