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Name the three branches of our U.S. Government.
Legislative, Judicial, Executive
dividing power between national and state governments
federalism
Added to the constitution to protect individual freedoms from government abuse.
Bill of Rights
How did foreign nations generally view the United States under the Articles of Confederation?
As unstable and weak
Taxes on imports or exports
tariffs
The branch that makes laws, including Congress
Legislative Branch
Which power did states retain under the Constitution?
A. Declaring war
B. Coining money
C. Running local governments
D. Signing treaties
Running local governments
Which group most strongly supported the Federalist Papers?
Federalists
The President vetoing a law passed by Congress, is an example of what?
checks and balances
Prices increased while money lost value
inflation
Document written to support ratification of the Constitution
Federalist Papers
The branch that carries out and enforces laws.
Executive Branch
Ohio and Indiana was part of what geographic area?
Northwest Territory?
What was the main goal of the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
To rewrite the Articles of Confederation
Collecting taxes was not allowed under the____________ but was added to the national government by the ______________.
Articles of Confederation: Constitution
Principle prevents any one branch of government from becoming too powerful. Each branch of government have certain powers to limit the power of the other branches.
Checks and Balance
Under the Three-Fifths Compromise, enslaved people were—
counted as three-fifths of a person
The branch that interprets laws and decides cases.
Judicial Branch
What compromise resolved disagreements between large and small states as it relates to population and representation in congress?
Great Compromise
Agreement to settle disagreements over representation and taxation, related to slaves.
Three-Fifths Compromise
He refused to sign the Constitution because he believed it needed a Bill of Right...
George Mason
What did Shays’s Rebellion reveal about the national government?
It was weak and ineffective
Before the addition of the Bill of RIghts, what group would agree with this statement?... "The Constitution does not do enough to protect individual rights."
Antifederalist
Changes or additions made to the Constitution.
Amendments
A proposal for equal representation for each state in Congress.
New Jersey Plan
A proposal for a strong national government with representation by population
Virginia Plan
Which feature of the Constitution best addressed the weaknesses exposed by Shays’s Rebellion?
Creation of a strong national army
A major leader of the Convention and author of much of the Constitution.
James Madison
It organized land and set rules for new states
Northwest Ordinance
The idea that government power comes from the people.
Popular Sovereignty