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- The system of shared power used by our national government is called?
- Federalism
- What happened on September 17, 1787?
- The delegates of the Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution of the United States
- In what year did France and Britain go to war with each other & the British begin "Impressment" of American soldiers?
- 1793
- Which state was the ninth state to ratify the Constitution on June 21, 1788?
- New Hampshire
- What 3 of the responsibilities of Congress, the Legislative Branch?
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1. Pass Laws
2. Override Vetos
3. Confirm Presidential Appointments
4. Approve Treaties
5. Impeach the President
6. Create Federal Courts
7. Approve appointment of justices/judges
8. Impeach Justices/Judges
9. Propose Constitutional Amendments to override Supreme Court decisions - What is the title given to the President?
- "Mr. President"
- Name the process a bill goes through in order for it to become a law.
- It begins in the House of Representatives or the Senate - then the House or Senate pass the bill with a majority vote - it's taken to the President for approval - it is signed by the President and becomes law or the President vetos the bill and the House and Senate both have to pass it with a 2/3 vote to become a law
- What three groups of persons was not represented at the Constitutional Convention?
- Women, Native Americans, African Americans
- Name three things the President, as leader of the Executive Branch, can do within the government?
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1. Approve or veto bills
2. Call special sessions of Congress
3. Enforce Laws
4. Make Treaties
5. Appointes Justices/Judges
6. Grant pardons - What was the Great Compromise & who was responsible for it?
- Congress should have two houses, the House of Representatives & the Senate - Roger Sherman
- Name 3 of the 5 Freedoms under the Constitution?
- Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition,
- The Legislative Branch, or Congress is made up of these two groups?
- The House of Representatives and the Senate
- What was the name of the first written constitution of the United States?
- The Articles of Confederation
- What is another name for a republic?
- Representative Democracy
- Name three things the first government did not have under the Articles of Confederation?
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1. No army
2. No court system
3. No President
4. No power to collect taxes - The ten amendments added to the Constitution in 1791 were called this.
- The Bill of Rights
- Who was the first president of the United States?
- George Washington
- Who was the second President of the United States?
- John Adams
- In relation to the government, what is a Cabinet?
- A group of advisors to the President
- Alexander Hamilton was a member of which political party?
- Federalists
- What is was the purpose of the 3/5 Compromise and what was did it state?
- to setted the dispute between the northern and southern states over how to count slaves in the population (thus determining the number of representatives from each state) - 5 slaves would count as 3 free people in the population count
- Thomas Jefferson was member of which political party?
- Democratic-Republicans
- The Consitutional Convention was set to begin on this day in May, 1787, but it really started on this day.
- 14, 25
- Name 3 persons who were present for the Constitutional Convention.
- George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison
- How many delegates didn't show up for the Constitutional Convention?
- 19
- What is the term given to a group of people who hold certain beliefs abou how the government should be run?
- Political Party
- How is the leader of the Executive Branch?
- The President of the United States
- What is a constitution?
- A set of laws governing a state or a nation
- What three men wrote the "Federalist" essays to encourage people to suppport the Constitution?
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James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay - How many states had to ratify the Constitution in order for it to pass?
- 9 out of the 13
- What system prevents the federal government from becoming too powerful?
- Checks and Balances
- What is the highest court in the United States?
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The Supreme Court
- What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention?
- To strengthen the national government by fixing the Articles of Confederation