The Articles of Confederation
The Convention
Compromise at the Convention
Separation of Powers
Federalism
100
This event showed that the Articles of Confederation failed to protect its own citizens.
What is Shay's rebellion?
100
The father of the Constitution
Who is James Madison?
100
The plan by William Paterson calling for equal representation of each state in Congress.
What is the NJ plan?
100
Power to make laws.
What is the legislative branch?
100
The idea that power can be shared between the federal governments and the state government.
What is federalism?
200
Voting power in the Articles of Confederation was based on these.
What is states?
200
The appointed President at the Convention.
Who is George Washington?
200
The Virginia plan called for this kind of representation which stressed representation be based on total population.
What is proportional representation?
200
The power to veto belongs to this branch.
What is the executive branch?
200
The clause in the Constitution that states the most power in our new governments will rest here.
What is the Supremacy clause?
300
In the Articles of Confederation the Congress could declare war but had to ask the states for this.
What is the state military and money?
300
State who did not attend the Convention.
What is Rhode Island?
300
The Great Compromise sets up a two house Congress which includes these two houses.
What is the House of Representatives and the Senate? (also known as Bicameral)
300
The power to declare a law unconstitutional.
What is the judicial branch?
300
Responsible for making a signing treaties.
What is the federal government?
400
A representative's term in the Congress during the Articles of Confederation was set at this number of years.
What is one year?
400
The original goal of the convention.
What is to revise the Articles of Confederation?
400
In the Great Compromise this house appeases the goals of the NJ plan.
What is the Senate?
400
The power of the purse belongs to this branch.
What is the Legislative branch?
400
You want to raise the minimum age requirements for children to remain in school.
What is the state?
500
Congress to fund and function as a government must have the ability to collect this from it's citizens.
What is taxes?
500
The action taken by the delegates to ensure open discussion of controversial issues.
What is meet in secrecy?
500
The agreement set to count slaves as three votes for every five people.
What is the 3.5th compromise?
500
The power to appoint ambassadors and Supreme Court Justices.
What is the executive branch?
500
A new road is proposed to travel through Alexandria.
What is state power?