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Articles of Confederation
A New Plan of Government
Debates and Compromises
A Government of Three Branches
Historical Hodge Podge
100
These were the representatives from one country to another.
What were ambassadors?
100
This is the introduction to the Constitution.
What is the Preamble?
100
This is an idea for a new law.
What is a bill?
100
This Latin word meaning "I forbid" means to reject.
What is veto?
100
This is the word that means to cancel a veto.
What is override?
200
This is a land that belongs to a national government but is not a state.
What is a territory?
200
This is an important meeting.
What is a convention?
200
This means to argue opposite sides of an issue.
What is debate?
200
This is the branch of government that would settle differences about the meaning of laws.
What is the judicial branch?
200
This is a population count.
What is a census?
300
This was a square of land in the Northwest Territory that measured six miles per side.
What was a township?
300
This is another word for representative.
What is delegate?
300
This means to give up some of what you want in order to reach an agreement.
What is compromise?
300
This branch of the government makes the laws.
What is the legislative branch?
300
This is a word that means that something does not follow the Constitution.
What is unconstitutional?
400
This is the form of government in which people elect representatives to run the country.
What is a republic?
400
This is what James Madison called Congress under the Articles of Confederation.
What is "a rope of sand?"
400
This is a governing system in which the states share authority with the national government.
What is a federal system?
400
This is the branch of the government that carries out the laws.
What is the executive branch?
400
He was the person responsible for the final wording of the Constitution.
Who was Morris?
500
This is a plan of government.
What is a constitution?
500
This is what the Pennsylvania State House is called today.
What is Independence Hall?
500
This is the amount for which slaves counted towards a population total.
What is 3/5?
500
This is a fancy word for judge.
What is justice?
500
This is the system that helps all three branches of the government work together as equal partners.
What are checks and balances?