What city and state was the constitutional convention held?
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
100
The first part of the constitution was known as the ______________
preamble
100
____________________were added as changes to the constitution. The first 10 of these are called the _____________________________
amendments: Bill of Rights
100
What are the two political parties today?
Republican and Democrat
100
The power to enforce laws is given to the _______________________ branch.
executive
200
A ___________________is an idea for a new law.
bill
200
What are the three LEVELS (not branches) of government
local, state, federal
200
9 of the 13 states had to approve or _____________ the constitution
ratify
200
This system keeps any one branch of government from becoming too powerful or misusing authority
checks and balances
200
Name 2 credentials the president must meet to be president
35 years old, born in the US, lived in us for 14 years
300
Each state had to _________________, or give up some of what it wanted.
compromise
300
This is the lawmaking branch
legislative branch
300
Citizens who favored the constitution were called __________________________. Those who disagreed with the constitution were called _____________________
federalists and anti-federalists
300
Who is the head of a states executive branch?
Who is the head of a local executive branch?
governor and mayor
300
____________________means to reject. The president can ______________bills
veto
400
A mob of farmers led by Daniel Shay tried to take over a Massachusetts arsenal (weapons storehouse). Because there was no national army to defend the arsenal it made people think the government could not keep order or protect them. What was this event known as?
Shay's Rebellion
400
The house of representatives and senators are part of the legislative branch. How many senators does a state have and how many representatives does a state have?
2 and depends on population of state
400
When each state voted for or against the constitution, which state was the closest vote in?
Rhode Island
400
In a ____________________people rule and are free to make choices about their lives and their government.
democracy
400
___________________means to accuse the president of crimes. Basically "fire" the president.
impeach
500
The southern states wanted to count slaves into their population because the more people in a state, the more representatives you could have in your state. However, the northern states did not want to count slaves because there were not many in their states. So the north and south settled on the _________________________compromise. This way, only a portion of the slaves would count toward the population
three-fifths
500
How many representatives are there in the entire country?
435
500
What are three parts of the first amendment?
Freedom of religion, press, assembly, speech, petition government
500
The right to vote is called:
suffrage
500
The _______________________branch is the court system.