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100
Number of Senators from each state
What is two?
100
Under the A of C, there was a unicameral legislature, meaning there was this number of houses.
What is one?
100
This person was chosen as President of the Constitutional Convention.
Who is George Washington?
100
Each branch has its own distinct powers is the definition of this principle.
What is "Separation of Powers"?
100
9 of 13 states had to approve the Constitution. The other word for approve is this.
What is ratify?
200
Number of branches in federal government.
What is three?
200
Under the A of C, each state had this number of votes in Congress.
What is one?
200
Our government has three branches: the legislative, the judicial and this one.
What is the executive?
200
Popular sovereignty can be simply defined as what?
What is the people rule?
200
This -archy is rule by a king or queen.
What is monarchy?
300
The term of office for the President is this number of years.
What is four?
300
The country was in debt because the national government lacked this power.
What is to tax the people?
300
The membership in this house of Congress is based on population.
What is the House of Representatives?
300
According to the principle of checks and balances, the President can do this to a law passed by Congress.
What is veto?
300
This -archy is a lack of government.
What is anarchy?
400
According to the Constitution the slave trade would continue for this number of years.
What is twenty?
400
Under the Northwest Ordinance, this was one of the new states created.
What is Ohio? (Michigan, Illinois, Indiana or Wisconsin)
400
The Constitution gives this person the power to be Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.
Who is the President?
400
Powers divided between the national (federal) government and the states is the definition of this -ism.
What is federalism?
400
Our type of government is this two word term.
What is a democratic republic?
500
According to the Constitution, each slave would count as this fraction of a person.
What is three fifths?
500
The Northwest Ordinance made this practice illegal in the territory, a first for the U.S.
What is slavery?
500
These are the first three words of the Preamble to the Constitution.
What is "We the People"?
500
According to the separation of powers, only the Congress has the power to declare this.
What is war?
500
A loose alliance of states is called this.
What is a confederation?