The branch of gov’t that deals with the court system is called the….?

Judicial branch

True

Or

False

Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch was to lead the national government.

Those who opposed the Constitution feared the national

gov’t would…..?

Take away rights of the people.

Who was unanimously elected president of the Constitutional Convention?

George Washington

A gov’t in which citizens rule through elected representatives

is called a….?

Republic

Constitutional Convention delegates voted for a nat’l gov’t based on the…?

Virginia Plan

One major weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that gov’t could

not deal with….?

The nations Finance/Economic

challenges

The only branch of gov’t that existed under the

Articles of Confederation was the ……?

Legislative/Congress

The gov’t of the Confederation could not pay its debts because it lacked the power to _____ the states or American citizens.

Tax

The delegates to the Constitutional Convention believed that they had

met to ______ the Articles of Confederation.

Amend

What is the most distinctive feature of the U.S. gov’t….?

The separation of powers

What items do

Americans call “The Supreme

Laws of the Land?”

The Constitution

True Or False

Shay’s Rebellion inspired most Americans to call for the establishment of a national army.

The _____ called for power to tax, to regulate money, to conduct foreign affairs,

and to regulate commerce

New Jersey Plan

The United States Constitutions system of _________ensures

that no one branch of the federal gov’t can become too powerful.

Checks and balances

The Constitutional

Convention agreed that

congress would not interfere

with???...until 1808?

The Slave Trade

Convention delegates broke the deadlock between large and small states when they approved the…..?

Great Compromise

What were supporters of the new Constitution called?

Federalist

What type of legislatures did most states establish?

Bicameral ( 2 houses)

Hamilton, Madison and Jay expressed their support for the Constitution by writing…..?

The Federalist Papers

When the U.S. Constitiution was complete, (at least), 2 delegates refused to sign it

because it did not have a…..?

Bill of Rights

How much access did the public have to the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention?

None/ zip, zero, Nada

The president can check congress

through…?

Vetoing a bill

NO way

True or False

Federalism was created to balance the power of the central government with the power of the states.

Under the U.S. Constitution, the president and vice president are

elected indirectly by a special group called the …..?

Electoral College

Shay’s rebellion

forced courts to close so

judges could not

confiscate…?

Farmer’s Land

Can congress propose new amendments to the Constitution?

YES

The states adopted constitutions that limited the power of the….?

Government

What law helped stop the spread of slavery to the west?

Northwest Ordinance

The ____ _____ __ _ _ _ _ divided lands In the West of the Ohio River

into townships six miles

long and six miles wide.

Land Ordinance of 1785

What was America’s

first constitution

called?

Articles of

Confederation

DEPRESSION

The U.S. went through an economic ______ after the

American Revolution.

According to the next slide, tax collection is the responsibility of which level of gov’t?

The Federal System

National

• Declare War• Maintain armed forces• Regulate interstate and foreign

trade• Admit new states• Establish post offices• Set standard weights and

measures• Coin money• Establish foreign policy• Make laws necessary to carry out

delegated powers

State

• Establish and maintain schools• Establish local gov’ts• Regulate business within the

state• Make marriage laws• Provide for public safety• Assume others powers not

delegated to the nat’l gov’t nor prohibited to the states

Shared

•Maintain law & order•Levy taxes•Borrow money•Charter banks•Establish courts•Provide for public welfare

Both State and National Governments

The English Bill of Rights and the ____ ___ were 2 British

documents that influenced the Framers of the U.S. Constitution.

Magna Carta

True

OrFalse

At the Constitutional Convention, the delegates ultimately decided that slaves were not citizens and should not be counted when determining a state’s representation.

The branch of the gov’t that is headed by the president is

called…...?

Executive

Which branch of gov’t has ultimate control over the other 2?

None/Neither

The____ __ ____is a list of freedoms that the government promises to protect.

Bill of Rights

He is known as the father of the Constitution…?

James Madison

True FalseOr

Passed in 1689, the English Bill of Rights prevented the king and queen from passing taxes or changing laws without Parliament’s consent.

A period when economic activity slows

and unemployment increases is called…..?

Depression