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Civics Chapter 5
9th grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| known as the architect of the constitution: he formed a plan of government known as the Virginia Plan | James Madison |
| a plan of government | Constitution |
| Define Virginia Plan | called for a strong national government that had legislature, executive branch, and judicial branch, it was not accepted |
| agreement that a slave would count as 3/5 of a person for figuring state population for members in the H of R | The Three- Fifths Compromise |
| the constitution is signed | september 17, 1787 |
| people who wrote the constitution | framers |
| people who supported the Constitution because a strong national government would provide .... | federalists |
| Federalists would provide what | regulate trade |
| Define The Federalist Papers | writings encouraging ratification of the Constitution, written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay |
| opponents of the constitution that feared... | anti federalists |
| the first 10 amendments to the constitution guarantying the rights of citizens | bill of rights |
| The constitution was adopted | May of 1790 |
| supreme law of land | constitution |
| Define Preabmle | is an introduction, in the preamble to the constitution the framers stated the 6 goals of the new government |
| bicameral | 2 house |
| who said a strong national government would provide | Federalists |
| regulate trade | federalists |
| guarentee the rights of citizens | federalists |
| who disliked the elasitc clause | anti federalists |
| who thought a strong central government would endanger peoples liberties | anti federalists |
| believed a strong central government would swallow up state government | anti federalists |
| list the goals of the american government | to form a more perfect union; establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, secure the blessing of liberty to ourselves and our posterity |
| define to form a more perfect union | to unite the 13 seperate states under an effective national government |
| define establish justice | to establish a fair legal system |
| define insure domestic tranquility | establsih a peaceful society with people protected from unlawful acts |
| define promote the general welfare | create conditions that benefit all people |
| defne provide for common defense | government seeks to protect citizens from foreign powers |
| define secure the blessing of liberty to ourselves and our posterity | freedom to chose where to live, what to believe, who will represent us, and these freedoms will be safe guarded for the future |
| bicameral means three | false; two |
| congress greatest power is to make laws | true |
| bill is a proposed law | true |
| veto is to accept | false; reject |
| elastic clause | true |
| cabinet belongs in executive | true |
| executive appoints judges | true |
| supreme court is in executive | false; judicial |
| supreme court is the final court of appeals | true |
| supreme court interprets the constitutionality of laws | true |
| congress belongs is legislative | true |
| changes to the constitution | amendments |
| division of powers between states and federal government | federalism |
| powers shared by federal and state government | concurrent powers |
| powers the states have | reserved powers |
| system that limits powers of the 3 branches of government by controlling factors of what each branch may do | checks and balances |
| accuse high government of wrongdoing | impeach |
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