Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
ss final exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what was it? | America's first national constitution (laws and plan of a nation's government |
| why was it replaced? | too weak;didn't give wnough power to national government |
| The U.S. Constitution | highest law in U.S |
| Constitutional Convention (where,when,why) | where: philadelphia when: may 1787 why: to limit power to government |
| Virginia Plan | large states have more votes |
| New Jersey plan | each state should have same number of votes |
| The Great compromise | how dispute over representation congress was settled by creating 2-houses |
| Role of James Madison at Consitutional Convention | became known as the Father of constitution |
| preamble | describes purpose of the constitution |
| Three Branches | Executive, Legislative, Judicial |
| Chackes & Balances (how it works) | separation of powers is splitting of powers between the 3 branches of national government; ensures no one branch gains too much power |
| federalism | splitting and sharing of power between national state and local government, i.e. the national, state and local governments azll have power to collect taxes |
| Representative government | people carry out their ruling power by electi |
| veto | the president can check congress by vetoing abilliit has passed |
| treason | the only crime mentioned by name in the constitution, crimes against country |
| House of Representatives | number of representative is determined by population |
| senate | all states in u.s. have egual representaion |
| how is representation determined in the house and senate | Hoise: population determines how many pepresentatives Senate: each state has 2 senators |
| how is representation determined in the house and senate | Hoise: population determines how many pepresentatives Senate: each state has 2 senators |
| how did a bill become a law | both houses must approve and then the president must sigin it |
| how did a bill become a law | both houses must approve and then the president must sigin it |
| Shay's rebellion | rebellion by angry farmers who couldn't pay taxes; showed Americans that the Artiicles of Con |
| Shay's rebellion | rebellion by angry farmers who couldn't pay taxes; showed Americans that the Artiicles of Confederation weren't working |
| supreme court justice | life |
| senator | 6 years |
| members of the house of representatives | 2 years |
| president | 4 years (2 term limit) |
Created by:
jessica stein
Popular U.S. History sets