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Government
Constitution
Vocabulary
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
100
The form of government when states have control of their citizens and territory
What is confederation?
100
He was afraid that the Constitution would be rejected by congress or the state legislatures if they were asked to ratify it
Who is James Madison?
100
They were the people who supported ratifying the Constitution
Who is the federalists?
100
He was selected to serve as Secretary of State to be responsible for the foreign relations of the nation
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
The law that Congress passed that organized the court system for the new nation
What is Judiciary Act of 1789?
200
It took the framers this long to make the Constitution
What is four months?
200
The debates in the states lasted this long
What is ten months?
200
Groups of people who join together because they have similar views about government
What is political parties?
200
This gives congress the power to organize the executive branch
What is Constitution?
200
The lower courts that were authorized by the judiciary act include two kinds of courts
What is federal district courts and appellate courts?
300
Refers to the dividing and sharing of powers in a central government
What is federalism?
300
Remains one of the most important explanations of constitutional government ever written
What is The Federalists?
300
Is the form of money that a country uses
What is Currency?
300
He was appointed by Washington to give the president legal advice
Who is Edmund Randolph?
300
They setup the judicial branch of government under Article III of the Constitution
What is Congress?
400
The Framers wrote the Constitution as ______ for the new government
What is a general framework?
400
She was a playwright, she was against ratification and she wrote pamphlets explaining why she did not support the Constitution
Who is Mercy Otis Warren?
400
A law that is _______ may not be enforced
What is null and void?
400
George Washington could not run the executive branch alone, to help him fufill his responsibilities, Congress created three departments,
What is Department of State, Department of the Treasury and Department of War?
400
This is the highest court of appeals in the nation
What is U.S. Supreme Court?
500
Powers from the ______ and ______ governments comes from the central government and can be taken away anytime
What is state and local?
500
To explain the new Constitution to the people, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay wrote these collected articles
What is The Federalists?
500
A judicial body that hears appeals from a lower court
What is appellate court?
500
Washington used these officials as advisors to help him make decisions, these officials became known as the president's _______
What is cabinet?
500
This court hear cases involving the Constitution and federal laws, and appellate courts
What is federal district courts?