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Early Government
Potpurri
Hodge Podge
100
With the words, 'we the people' the Constitution establishes its authority on the basis of what:
What is popular sovereignty
100
When was the bill or rights ratified? before or after the constitution?
What is after the Constitution was ratified
100
Changes to the Constitution are added by
What is an amendment
100
The cabinet is responsible to
What is the president
100
Salutary Neglect is
What is a period in which Britain left the colonies and did not intervene in their daily practices
200
What major criticism was given to the Article of Confederation
What is too much power for the national government
200
what is a method of a formal amendment, what fraction of congress must approve.
What is proposed by 2/3 of congress
200
What was the main problem with the Articles of Confederation
What is the ability to enforce its laws
200
the basic constitutional rights of the people were FIRST set out in the what..
What is the Bill of Rights
200
Constitution gives the federal government certain powers that the states to do receive
What is Delegated powers
300
The legislative branch can check the judicial branch by its power to
What is remove judges through impeachment
300
Of the following, which is an amendment: right to bear arms, and police must have a search warrant to enter the home?
What is both
300
The Proclamation of 1763 is
What is a prevention from having the colonies move west past the Appalachian Mountains
300
The president is in charge of which branch
What is Executive
300
Why has the Constitution endured for more than 200 yrs?
What is the ability to change
400
According to the New Jersey Plan representation was based on
What is population
400
According to 5th amendment no one can be put on trial for a serious crime without
What is evidence that justifies the charge
400
What are the first ten amendments called
What is Bill of Rights
400
What does it mean by separation of powers
What is power is distributed among three independent branches of government
400
What is Congress' responsibility
What is write the laws for the people of the United States
500
what is the Constitution
What is it is a set of written laws
500
The Judicial branch is under which article
What is article III
500
Congress has the power to override a veto from the president, and the supreme court can implement judicial review are examples of
Checks and Balances
500
One strength of the Articles of Confederation
What is direct an army, coin money, enter treaties
500
The most important accomplishment of the Articles of Confederation?
What is guidelines for new states to enter into the Union, Northwest Ordinance