Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation created this type of central government. (Hint: Think either strong or weak.)
What is a weak central government?
This is the first 10 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
These are the three branches of the United States government.
What is the Legislative Branch, Executive Branch, and Judicial Branch?
This man was the first elected United States President after the Constitution was ratified.
Who is George Washington?
This major weakness of the Articles of Confederation made it impossible for the Congress to actually protect the citizens of the states.
What is the inability to have a standing army?
This was the compromise that dealt with how Southern states would count slaves toward their population for the purpose of representation.
What is the 3/5ths Compromise?
This legislative body has members who serve 6-year terms and have the ability to agree to treaties and confirm Presidential appointments.
Who is the Senate?
This is the idea that state and national governments should share the power and make sure not to interfere with the power of the other.
What is Federalism?
This major weakness of the Articles of Confederation made it impossible for the Congress to raise funding for the government.
What is the inability to tax?
This was the ultimate compromise between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan that allowed for two houses of the Legislative Branch, one with equal representation and the other with population representation.
What is the Great Compromise?
This legislative body has the ability to impeach federal officials and pass revenue bills for the government.
What is the House of Representatives?
This was the main purpose of the Federalist Papers.
What is to convince people of the merits of the U.S. Constitution?
This major weakness of the Articles of Confederation made it impossible to protect citizens of states from being taken advantage of economically.
What is the inability to control commerce between states and foreign nations?
This amendment limited the terms of the U.S. President to two four-year terms.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
This is the idea that the Supreme Court cannot only interpret laws but they can deem them "unconstitutional" and thereby strike them from the law.
What is Judicial Review?
These are the three main authors of the Federalist Papers.
Who is John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison?