the branch of gov’t that deals with the court system is called the….?
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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.
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
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
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
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
The ____ _____ __ _ _ _ _ divided lands In the West of the Ohio River
into townships six miles
long and six miles wide.
Land Ordinance of 1785
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
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.
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.