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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is check and balances? | separate branches of the government check each other, and the electoral college checks the power of the people |
| What is federalism? | division of power between the states and the central government |
| What is it called when the ultimate authority resides in the people who elect representatives that are responsible to the people and must govern according to the law | Republicanism |
| What rights include freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the right to keep and bear arms, the freedom of assembly, the freedom to petition, they prohibit unreasonable search and seizure, cruel and unusual punishment, and they compel self-incrimination | individual rights |
| Who created the Great Compromise? | Roger Sherman of Connecticut |
| What is the Great Compromise? | (between the New Jersey and Virginia Plans) A two-house legislature with representation based on population in the House and equal representation in the Senate |
| What is the 3/5's compromise? | The southern states slave counted in their population because it would give them a larger population the northern states objected to this plan, so in order to move forward, they agreed to count 3/5s of the slaves as people |
| Small states favored what plan that called one house (a unicameral legislature) and equal representation– it was more similar to the article | New Jersey Plan |
| large states favored what plan that called for equal representation, a bicameral legislature, and a strong central government | Virginia Plan |
| Were the Federalist for or against ratifying the constitution? | they were for ratifying the constitution |
| Who were the authors are the federalist papers? | John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison |
| Were the anti Federalist for or against ratifying the constitution? | Against |
| Who was famous anti Federalist? | Patrick Henry, George Mason, and Samuel Adams; |
| What did the SC ratification do? | they were able to ratify the constitution in 1788 as the 8th states |
| What was added as a compromise with Virginia | Bill of Rights |
| What party was developed in the election of 1800? | a two party system |
| Who made of the first two parties? | the federalist and democratic republicans |
| Who believed in a broad interpretation of the Constitution wanted to take on the states’ debts, create tariffs, and create a strong national bank? | Federalist |
| Two famous federalists? | Washington and John Adams |
| Famous democratic- republican? | Thomas Jefferson |
| What did Democratic-republican believe? | narrow view of the constitution and felt that the Federalists were trying to give the government too much power |
| What was the first hotly contested election that ended with the peaceful transfer of power | Election of 1800 |
| Shawnee leader who with his brother (the Prophet) led a confederation of tribes against the Americans and joining with the British | Tecumseh |
| What was lasted from 1812-1815. It was over the impression of American Sailors, British interference with trade, and British arming the native americans to cause harm on the frontier | War of 1812 |
| What treaty ended the war of 1812 | The treaty of Ghent (it did nothing except boost morale of Americans) ushered in Era of Good Feelings |
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