Articles of Confederation
To pass a law under the Articles of Confederation it required this number of states out of the 13 to agree
What is 9?
This is a power the president has to reject a law, but it can be overridden.
What is a veto?
This is the highest court in the United States whose job is to settle disputes between states and determine the constitutionality of laws
What is the Supreme Court?
This is the name for the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution which focused on protecting personal liberties
What is the Bill of Rights?
This key power was left to the states and not given to the federal government under the Articles of Confederation, leaving the government unable to raise an army or function properly
What is taxation?
Unlike the unicameral system of the Articles of Confederation the legislative branch has this type of system
What is Bicameral?
This is the name of the process in the Legislative Branch that would lead to the eventual removal of the President
What is Impeachment?
The slave trade clause said the Federal Government could NOT ban the trade of enslaved people for this length of time
What is 20 years?
The Articles of Confederation had this many branches of government
What is one branch (Legislative Branch)?
This chamber of the legislative branch has members that serve 6-year terms and were originally chosen by state governments
What is the Senate?
This institution decides who becomes the president
What is the electoral college?
This Amendment states that any rights not given to the federal government are reserved for the states
What is the 10th Amendment?
This incident led the leaders of the United States to decide to create a new Constitution and get rid of the Articles of Confederation
What is Shay's Rebellion?
This chamber of the Legislative Branch has members who serve 2-year terms, are elected directly by the people and mainly deals with budgets
What is the House of Representatives?
This title refers to the president’s role as the civilian leader of the U.S. armed forces.
What is Commander-in-Chief?
This ideology reflects the need for women’s education to better educate their sons (future citizens)
What is Republican Motherhood?
This was required to make an amendment to the Articles of Confederation
What is unanimous consent (or agreement)
This is the two-step process of a someone getting on the Supreme Court
What is the President nominates and Congress confirms?
These are three ways a Supreme Court Justice's term could end
What are death, retirement, and impeachment?
This is the right that Abigail Adams requested from her husband John Adam
What is citizenship (or voting rights) for women?