Constitutional Convention
This meeting was held in 1787 to discuss the Articles of Confederation.
What was the Constitutional Convention?
This branch of government makes laws.
What is the legislative branch?
This word means officially approved.
What does ratified mean?
This protest against a federal tax happened in the 1790s.
What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
This president believed the national bank favored the wealthy elite.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
This was the ORIGINAL goal of the Constitutional Convention.
What was revising the Articles of Confederation?
This branch of government carries out (enforces) laws.
What is the executive branch?
True or false: The Constitution lists every single right people have.
What is false?
At the end of the rebellion, Washington sent troops and the rebels fled. True or false?
What is true?
This law forced Native American tribes off their land.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This was the FINAL outcome of the Constitutional Convention.
What was writing a new Constitution?
This branch decides whether laws follow the Constitution.
What is the judicial branch?
This word means promised or protected.
What does guaranteed mean?
Washington's actions showed that the federal government should not enforce laws. True or false?
What is false?
This forced journey moved tribes from the Southeast to lands west of the Mississippi River.
What was the Trail of Tears?
States argued over these two issues during the Convention.
What was representation and power?
This system prevents any one branch from becoming too powerful.
What are checks and balances?
This amendment shows that people have rights beyond those written in the Constitution.
What is the Ninth Amendment?
Washington warned the nation to avoid _____ alliances with other countries.
What are foreign alliances?
Native American tribes were forced to travel long ______ and lost their _____?
What is "long distances" and "lost their land"?