Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation were considered the United States' first ________.
What is "Constitution?"
This person was the leader of the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
Who is George Washington?
This compromise for how people should be represented in the legislative branch occurred between these states and these states.
What are big states and small states?
Explain the principle of Federalism.
Power in the United States is shared between the national government and the state governments.
The United States government is divided into this many branches.
What is three?
The Articles of Confederation made the federal government this: too strong or too weak?
What is too weak?
In what year did the Constitutional Convention take place?
What is 1787?
The Great Compromise created a Legislative Branch with this many houses or chambers.
What is two?
In a federal system, the national government and state governments both have this.
What is power?
Which branch of government makes the laws?
What is the Legislative Branch?
Under the Articles of Confederation, how many votes did each state get?
What is one vote?
The main reason delegates attended the Constitutional Convention was to do this.
What is to set up a different plan of government?
In this house of Congress, every state gets exactly two representatives, no matter the population.
What is the Senate?
True or False: Under federalism, the state governments have no power at all.
What is False?
Which branch of government enforces the laws?
What is the Executive Branch?
Under the Articles of Confederation, how many branches of government existed?
What is one branch?
Big states at the Constitutional Convention supported this plan because it called for representation based on population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
In this house of Congress, the number of representatives each state gets depends on its population.
What is the House of Representatives?
Name one power that the national government has AND one power that state governments have.
What is national government makes laws about interstate commerce/national defense/etc. AND state governments make laws about education/local laws/etc.? (Answers may vary).
Which branch of government interprets the laws and decides if they are constitutional?
What is the Judicial Branch?
Name two problems the Articles of Confederation had that made it difficult for the new United States.
What is that it made the federal government too weak AND gave each state only one vote? (Accept: made federal government too weak, couldn't collect taxes, couldn't enforce laws, etc.)
Small states supported this plan at the Constitutional Convention because it gave every state equal power and representation, regardless of size.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
Explain why the Great Compromise satisfied both big states and small states.
What is because big states got proportional representation in the House (more power based on population) and small states got equal representation in the Senate (equal power)?
Explain how federalism helps prevent any one part of government from becoming too powerful.
What is by dividing power between the national government and state governments, so no single government has complete control?
This concept means each branch of government has a little bit of power over the other branches.
What are checks and balances?