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The Constitution
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An “enlightened thinker” who believed that all people had “natural rights” specifically life, liberty, and property.
John Locke
100
To change
Amend
100
The Articles of Confederation created a weak national government partially because most Americans were
afraid of government power
100
The first document of self-government in North America written by the Pilgrims.
Mayflower Compact
100
What does it mean to VETO
Rejecting a bill; not making it law
200

Name the Founding Father that has the biggest signature on the Declaration of Independence.

John Hancock.

200
Branch of government that carries out the laws.
Executive
200
Shay’s Rebellion showed Americans that
The articles were weak/did not work
200
A document written in 1689 further limiting the monarchy (king) and protecting the rights of citizens.
English Bill of Rights
200
What is an anti-federalist?
Someone against the ratifying of the constitution
300

The first President of the United States.

George Washington.

300
To bring a formal charge of wrongdoing against the President or other public official.
Impeach
300
What is the "check" the executive branch has on the legislative branch?
Can veto bills
300
The Constitutional Convention was...
Where every state sent representatives to work together (except Rhode Island) to revise the Articles of Confederation.
300

A place where citizens can attend a meeting and voice their opinions on what their local government proposes as bills/laws. 

Town hall/meetings.
400
Farmer, upset with what the government has done to his farm, ignites a rebellion that later shows the weakness of the articles of confederation.
Daniel Shays
400

What was one power the Congress under the Articles of Confederation could not do?

Raise an army, collect taxes, enforce international agreements.

400

Under the Articles of Confederation, tell me one thing Congress could do

declare war.. etc

400
The first 10 amendments in the United States Constitution are called
The Bill of Rights
400

What is your neighborhood government called?

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500

This person wrote the Bill of Rights.

James Madison

500

What is the correct order of the documents?

Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Constitution, Bill of Rights.
500

Name one Supreme Court Case we went over as class and the overall issue that brought it to the Supreme Court Judges. 

Nationalist Party vs. Village of Skokie, Scott vs. Emerson, Brown vs. the Board of Education.

500
What was the Magna Carta? Why was it important?
A document written in 1297 that limited the English King’s rights.
500

Where is the capital building located in Wisconsin?

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