Declaration of Independence
This Enlightenment thinker inspired 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness'
Who is John Locke?
This number of states had to agree to pass a law under the Articles.
What is 9 of 13?
This state refused to send delegates to the Convention.
What is Rhode Island?
The article that established the Legislative branch.
What is Article I?
The number of total electors.
What is 538?
An author of the Federalist Papers
Who are Hamilton, Madison, or Jay?
This theory says governments get power from the people.
What is Social Contract Theory?
The power that Congress lacked that hurt national finances.
What is Power to tax?
Who is James Madison?
The clause that gives Congress the right to expand their powers and ability to pass laws.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
The number of electors needed to win the Presidency.
What is 270?
What the Anti-Federalists demanded in order to ratify the Constitution.
What are the Bill of Rights?
This section of the Declaration 'officially breaks up' with Britain
What is the Resolution of Independence?
This rebellion exposed the weakness of the Articles.
What is Shays' Rebellion
This is what resulted from the Great Compromise.
What is a Bicameral Legislature, or what is the two houses of Congress?
The Supremacy Clause.
What clause of the Constitution states that Federal Law is the supreme law of the land?
One of the two states that can split their electoral votes.
What is Maine or Nebraska?
The side that wanted a stronger central government.
This is a grievance against the King listed in the Declaration. (Multiple potential questions.)
What is - Taxation without representation (for example) -
The King refused to approve colonial laws deemed necessary for the public good.
He forbade royal governors from enacting urgent legislation and then neglected to review suspended laws.
He blocked laws benefiting large populations unless colonists gave up their right to representation, challenging the principle of "no taxation without representation".
He dissolved colonial assemblies that opposed his policies and delayed new elections, leaving colonies without legislative bodies.
He obstructed justice by refusing to establish judicial powers and made judges dependent on his authority for appointments and salaries, threatening judicial independence.
He maintained standing armies in peacetime without colonial consent and made the military superior to civilian authority.
He forced colonists to quarter British troops.
He imposed taxes without colonial consent, a central issue encapsulated in the phrase "no taxation without representation".
He restricted colonial trade and cut off commerce with other parts of the world, harming colonial economies.
He denied colonists the right to trial by jury, especially in cases handled by Admiralty Courts, and transported some accused individuals to Britain for trial.
The type of legislature that the Articles created.
What is Unicameral?
The compromise that dealt with slavery, taxes and representation.
What was the 3/5 Compromise?
This is an example of Checks and Balances.
Executive - Veto, Appoints Justices
Congress - Impeach, Funding, over-ride veto
Judicial - Declare laws unconstitutional
What happens if no candidate gets to 270 votes.
What is the House chooses the President and the Senate chooses the VP?
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
How the Declaration reflects social contract theory.
What is the belief that the Gov’t must protect rights or people can revolt?
This is why the Articles made amending the government nearly impossible.
What is 13 or 13 States had to agree - or unanimous consent?
This is why the Convention was secret.
What is - the representatives said they were just going to adjust the AoC, or - To encourage everyone to debate honestly and openly?
The three branches and their functions.
What is - Legislative branch passes laws, Executive branch enforces laws, and the Judicial branch interprets laws?
This is the MAIN criticism of the Electoral College System.
The side that believed that a Representative Democracy would only work at the State level.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?