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The Articles - 100 Points

Under the Articles why was the central government weak?

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Answer

No president to carry out the laws and no courts to settle disputes.

The Articles - 200 Points

Under the Articles why did the government not have any money?

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Answer

Congress could not levy (pass) taxes

The Articles - 300 Points

What ordinance set up the process of how a territory becomes a state and was the strongest part of the

Articles?

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Answer

The Northwest Ordinance

The Articles - 400 Points

Under the Articles what were states quarreling over?

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Answer

Western lands and boundaries.

The Articles - 500 Points

In what two ways were other countries not showing respect to the

U.S. under the Articles of Confederation?

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Answer

Great Britain refused to remove their troops and Spain closes the

Port of New Orleans.

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The Constitutional Convention was held in what year?

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1787

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What were the two major plans proposed for representation in

Congress called?

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Answer

The New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan

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The Great Compromise allowed a two-house Congress. The number of Representatives a state could have was based on __________ while each state was allowed ____ Senators.

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Population: 2 Senators

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What compromise dealt with counting the slave population for

House representation?

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Answer

The 3/5ths Compromise

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Who led the Constitutional Convention?

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George Washington

8.16d - 100 Points

Which principle of the Constitution says that everyone, including all authority

figures, must obey the laws.

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Answer

Limited Government

8.16d - 200 Points

___________ is the distribution of power between a federal government and the

states within a union. 

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Federalism

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The U.S. Constitution authorizes each branch of government to share its powers with the other branches. This allows one

branch to limit another branch of government.

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Checks and Balances

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Political power rests with the people who can create, alter, and abolish

government is an example of which principle of the Constitution?

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Answer

Popular Sovereignty

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Congress makes the laws, the President enforces the laws and the Supreme Court interprets the laws.

This is an example of which principle of the Constitution?

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Separation of Powers

Feds and Anti-Feds 100 Points

What did the Constitution not have that made the Anti-Federalists not

like the Constitution?

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A Bill of Rights

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These publications were written by three Federalists to help gain support for the Constitution.

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The Federalist Papers

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Who led the Anti-Federalist party?

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Thomas Jefferson

Feds and Anti-Feds 400 Points

Name the leader of the Federalist party?

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Name one of the major Federalist leaders.

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Alexander Hamilton

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Name a leading figure of the Anti-Federalists.

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Which freedom specifically protects the media?

(newspapers/radio/television)

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1st Amendment

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Which amendments gives us due process of law?

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5th, 6th & 7th

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Which amendment protects us from cruel and unusual punishment?

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8th Amendment

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Which amendment gives the people all rights not specifically written in

the Constitution?

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9th Amendment

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Which amendment gives you the right to a speedy trial?

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6th Amendment

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Who was known as the Great Compromiser for helping write the

Compromise of 1850 and the Missouri Compromise? He was also a

War Hawk?

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Answer

Henry Clay

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Who was the first African American man to serve in Congress?

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Answer

Hiram Rhodes Revels

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Who wrote the Great Compromise that set up our government?

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George Mason

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What woman wrote plays about freedom and Independence during

the American Revolution?

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Answer

Mercy Otis Warren

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How long is a president’s term in office?

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Answer

4 years