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100
These had the most power under the Articles of Confederation.
What are the states?
100
The Constitutional Convention took place in this city.
What is Philadelphia?
100
If the president does not like a bill passed by congress, he can do this.
What is a veto?
100
These people wanted a Bill of Rights added to the constitution.
What are the Anti-Federalists?
100
This is impeachment.
What is a trial of the president for crimes?
200
This is the biggest problem with the Articles of Confederation.
What is the government was too weak?
200
This is the name for the men who drew up the constitution.
What are Framers?
200
This ensures that no one part of government has more power than the other branches.
What are checks and balances / separation of powers?
200
These are the rights protected by the first amendment.
What are freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom to petition the government?
200
He was the author of the Virginia Plan.
Who is James Madison?
300
This is the cause of Shay's Rebellion.
What is the foreclosing of farmers' land due to debt?
300
This is the Great Compromise.
What is proportional representation in the House and equal representation in the senate?
300
This is the number of votes needed to override a presidential veto, pass an amendment, and impeach a president.
What is a 2/3rds vote?
300
This is the fourth amendment.
What is protection against unreasonable search and seizure?
300
This what actually elects the president.
What is the Electoral College?
400
This man wrote the Articles of Confederation.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
400
This is the name for the first section of the Constitution.
What is the "Preamble"?
400
These are the roles of the three branches of government.
What is the Legislative makes the laws, the president carries out the laws, and the judicial reviews/interprets the laws.
400
These are two situations when you would NOT have freedom of speech.
What is if you are lying (libel or slander) or if you are endangering national security?
400
This is how the framers settled the question of how slaves would count as population.
What is the 3/5ths Compromise?
500
This was something that the federal government could not do under the Articles of Confederation.
What is make money, raise taxes, raise an army, regulate trade between states, force states to comply?
500
This is the difference between which states supported the Virginia Plan and which states supported the New Jersey Plan.
What is big states liked the Virginia Plan and small states liked the New Jersey Plan?
500
This the term for the fact that the people have the power in the government.
What is popular sovereignty?
500
These are the three things that have to happen for the constitution to be amended.
What is pass with a 2/3 majority of the house, a 2/3 majority of the senate and 3/4 of the states?
500
This is the difference between a democracy and a republic?
What is in a democracy is when each person votes on each issue and in a republic citizens vote for their representatives who vote on issues?