Vocabulary
This means a refusal to sign into law.
What is a veto?
Under the AOC, most of the power (cookies) resided with the...
What is the states?
In which city did the delegates meet?
What is Philadelphia?
More than 11,000 amendments have been proposed to the Constitution, but only this many have passed.
What is 27?
The term for setting a standard. Washington was the President with the ....
What is precedent?
This means to approve.
What is to ratify?
True or False: There was an executive branch under the Articles of Confederation.
What is false?
This is the original purpose of the convention.
What is to revise the Articles of Confederation?
This amendment protects citizen from unlawful search and seizure.
What is the 4th Amendment?
Most of the issues facing Washington for our young nation had to do with...
What is the economy?
This is a way that each branch of government limits the power of the other branches.
What is checks and balances?
Of the 13 states, this is the number that needed to agree in order to pass legislation.
What is 9?
The name for the group who were in favor of the Constitution.
What is Federalists?
This branch has the power to issue a pardon.
What is the executive branch?
This rebellion happened on Washington's watch, but he wasn't having it.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This is a government in which citizens have power to make political decisions.
What is a representative democracy or republic?
DAILY DOUBLE
What were the two important pieces of legislation that were passed under the Articles?
The branch that can veto a bill.
What is the executive branch?
What check does the judicial branch have on the other two branches?
What is the power to declare laws unconstitutional (judicial review)?
Perhaps the most important legacy George Washington left is that he did this...
What is step down after just two terms?
This is the process of dividing the government so that each branch balances the powers of the others.
What is the separation of powers?
This was perhaps the final straw for the Articles. Angry farmers....
What is Shays's rebellion?
DAILY DOUBLE
What is one argument that the anti-federalists would have against the Constitution?
This branch has the power to declare war.
What is the legislative branch?
Name two of George Washington's original cabinet members.
Who are:
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
Henry Knox
Edmund Randolph