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Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Convention
Adopting the Constitution
The Constitution
Constitutional Principles
100
The Articles of Confederation was our first...(written plan of government)
What is Constitution
100
This is the Pennsylvania city that hosted the convention
What is Philadelphia
100
This word means to vote to approve something
What is ratify
100
These first three words of the Constitution demonstrate that the Constitution gets its authority from the citizens
What is We the People
100
These are aspects of our government (like the cabinet and political parties) that were not included in the original constitution
What is the Unwritten Constitution
200
Under the AoC, most power was given to these
What are the states
200
This convention compromise created a two-house Congress
What is the Great Compromise
200
These people favored a strong national government
Who were the Federalists
200
The Constitution corrected a weakness in the Articles by creating this many branches of government
What is three
200
The power of the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of laws is called this
What is Judicial Review
300
This was the only branch of government created by the Articles
What is the legislative branch
300
This convention compromise created a method for counting a state's slaves for the purpose of determining how many representatives that state would get
What is the 3/5 Compromise
300
These people were afraid that the new Constitution gave too much power to the national government
Who were the Anti-Federalists
300
This system was put in place to keep one branch of government from dominating another
What is the system of checks and balances
300
This means "the people rule"
What is Popular Sovereignty
400
This ordinance was successful in creating a system to turn new territories into states
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
400
This house of congress uses a state's population to determine how many members that state gets
What is the House of Representatives
400
To convince reluctant states to ratify the Constitution, Federalists wrote this series of persuasive essays
What are the Federalist Papers
400
This example of checks and balances occurs when a president rejects a bill from congress
What is a veto
400
Because the Supreme Court can reject laws created by congress and signed by the president, Judicial Review is part of this system
What is the system of checks and balances
500
This man led a farmer's revolt that showed that the Articles were just not working
Who is Daniel Shays
500
This house of congress has two members from each state
What is the Senate
500
To calm the fears of the Anti-federalists, these first ten amendments were added to the Constitution
What is The Bill of Rights
500
This system of power sharing divides powers between the national government and the state governments
What is federalism
500
Under the Federal system, these are powers that are shared by both the national and state governments
What are concurrent powers