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Reetz Test 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the increased price for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money? | inflation |
| What helped limit the power of kings and queens? | Magna Carta |
| Voting rights are also known as? | suffrage |
| A set of principles that determines the powers or duties of a government is also known as? | Constitution |
| What means to plead in favor of? | advocate |
| An official approval is also known as? | ratification |
| What is interstate commerce? | trade between two or more states |
| What was the Land Ordinance of 1785? | lots were set aside for schools and veterans. |
| A tax on imports or exports is also known as? | tariffs |
| What is an official change, correction, or addition to a law or Constitution? | amendment |
| A system of government in which power is distributed between central government and states is also known as? | federaliasm |
| Name the legislative branch of government. | Congress |
| What is a steep drop in economic activity combined with rising unemployment? | depression |
| Who opposed the Constitution? | Antifederalists |
| Name the plan in which states were given equal number of votes. | The New Jersey Plan |
| Under the Articles of Confederation,how many votes in Congress did each state have? | one |
| Which branch of government makes sure laws are carried out? | Executive Branch |
| What is the purpose of the system of checks and balances? | keeps any branch of government from becoming too powerful. |
| Which branch of the government does the president belong to? | Executive |
| The English Bill of Rights declared supremacy of what? | parliament |
| Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan were all states formerly part of what Territory? | Northwest Territory |
| What was the Three-Fifths Compromise? | Only three-fifths of a state's slave population would count in determining representation. |
| Name 3 things Benjamin Franklin is known for? | 1 - signed the Declaration of Independence 2 - delegate to the Constitutional Convention 3 - published Poor Richard's Almanac |
| What was the topic of protest of Shay's Rebellion? | high taxes |
| What were the essays that supported the Constitution? What name were they written under? | 1 - Federalist Papers 2 - Publius |
| Why were 13 delegates asked to come to the Constitutional Convention? | They were going to revise the Articles of Confederation |
| Which plan said larger states would have more representation in the legislature? | The Virginia Plan |
| What is the idea that political authority belongs to the people? | Popular Sovereignty |
| Under the Articles of Confederation, what was named the only branch of government? | Congress |
| Who is the father of the Constitution? | James Madison |
| What was the goal of The Great Compromise? | create a two-house legislature that would please both large and small states |
| What did Federalists support? | the Constitution |
| What are the Bill of Rights? | first 10 amendments to the Constitution |
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