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AoC
Constitutional Convention 1.0
Constitutional Convention 2.0
Ratification
Basic Principles
100
The first constitution of the United States was called....
What is the Articles of Confederation?
100
The event, or "spark," that made the USA realize the AoC wasn't working
What is Shay's Rebellion?
100
Where did the Constitutional Convention meet?
What is in Philadelphia?
100
What year was the Constitution ratified?
What is 1788?
100
What did the framers of the constitution try to prevent by having Separation of Powers?
What is tyranny?
200
The document in which the British formally acknowledged American Independence
What is the Treaty of Paris?
200
What did the Philadelphia Convention plan to do in 1787?
What is revise the Articles of Confederation?
200
Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?
What is James Madison?
200
Which state never held a Constitutional Convention?
What is RI?
200
In what 2 ways did the Constitution guard against tyranny?
What is Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances?
300
Name 1 good thing that came out of the AoC
What is either the Treaty of Paris (17830 or the Northwest Ordinance (1787).
300
Who was the President of the Constitutional Convention?
What is George Washington?
300
The argument that representation should be based upon population was called....
What is the Virginia Plan?
300
Those who opposed the Ratification of the Constitution were called....
What is Anti-Federalists?
300
What are the 6 Basic Principles of the Constitution?
What is Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances, Federalism, Limited Government, Judicial Review, Popular Sovernity
400
Give 3 problems the AoC had.
What is weak national government; each state could coin its own currency; took all states to agree to amend the articles; a bill could only become a law if 9 out of 13 states agreed; no national court system
400
How many states did it take to make decisions at the Constitutional Convention?
What is a simple majority?
400
What type of legislature did the Great Compromise create?
What is a bicameral legislature?
400
Name some of the arguments the Federalists made?
What is strong central government?
400
"Consent of the Governed" is an example of which basic principle of the Constitution?
What is Popular Soveregnity?
500
What type of legislature did the AoC have? HINT: It was one of its flaws....
What is a unicameral legislature (1 house). Each state had one vote (although they could send between 2-7 delegates).
500
Name me 3 people (not GW) who were at the Constitutional Convention and 2 people who weren't there!
What is: Ben Franklin, James Madison, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, etc. Not there: Thomas Jefferson & John Adams
500
Name 3 compromises in the Constitution
What is the Great Compromise (aka CT Compromise); 3/5 Compromise; Slave Trade Compromise (Commerce & Slave Trade)
500
Name the order in which the states ratified the Constiutiton
What is Delaware: December 7, 1787 Pennsylvania: December 12, 1787 New Jersey: December 18, 1787 Georgia: January 2, 1788 Connecticut: January 9, 1788 Massachusetts: February 6, 1788 Maryland: April 28, 1788 South Carolina: May 23, 1788 New Hampshire: June 21, 1788 (With this state’s ratification, the Constitution became legal.) Virginia: June 25, 1788 New York: July 26, 1788 North Carolina: November 21, 1789 Rhode Island: May 29, 1790
500
Which Enlightened thinker conceived the idea of Separation of Powers?
What is Baron de Montesquieu?