Mr. D's "Constitution" Study Stack
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| show | A constitution
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| show | to carry out
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| What was the first national constitution called? | show 🗑
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| show | A loose alliance of the 13 states
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| show | All states had to give up western land claims between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River and turn them over to Congress
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| What was the name of the law that set up a system for settling the Northwest Territory? | show 🗑
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| According to the Land Ordiance of 1785, the land was to be surveyed and then divided into _________. | show 🗑
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| show | 36
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| How large was a township? | show 🗑
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| show | one square mile or 640 acres
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| show | whole sections were auctioned off for a minimum bid of $640
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| According to the Northwest Ordinance,what did the government use the money from the sale of section 16 in every town for? | show 🗑
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| show | The Northwest Ordinance
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| show | three to five
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| show | 60,000 free people
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| show | Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin
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| According to the Northwest Ordinance, all new states would be admitted as ______ to all previously existing states | show 🗑
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| show | Ohio River
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| A period of slowing business activity, falling prices and wages, and rising unemployment is an _______ _____. | show 🗑
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| show | Shay's Rebellion in 1786
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| What city was the Constitutional Convention held in? | show 🗑
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| When was the Constitutional Convention held? | show 🗑
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| How many states were represented at the Constitutional Convention? | show 🗑
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| What state did not attend the Constitututional Convention? | show 🗑
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| show | To revise the Articles of Confederation
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| show | George Washington of Virginia
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| show | secret
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| show | Ben Franklin of Pennsylvania
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| Who kept accurate notes during the Constitutional Convention that have provided a valuable record for future generations? | show 🗑
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| show | James Madison
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| show | Alexander Hamilton
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| show | Goveneur Morris
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| show | The Virginia Plan
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| show | three
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| show | legislative
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| The ______ branch carries out or enforces the laws. | show 🗑
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| The _______ branch, or system of courts, decides if the laws are carried out fairly and interprets the meaning of the laws. | show 🗑
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| show | two
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| show | population
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| show | Edmund Randolph and James Madison
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| show | The New Jersey Plan
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| show | William Patterson
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| show | three
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| Under the New Jersey Plan, there would be a ____-house legislature. | show 🗑
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| Under the New Jersey Plan, each state, no matter what the size of its population, would have ____ vote(s) in the legislature | show 🗑
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| show | bicameral
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| show | unicameral
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| show | A settlement in which each side gives up some of its demands.
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| show | The Great Compromise
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| show | Roger Sherman of Connecticut
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| What is the Great Compromise sometimes called? | show 🗑
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| show | three
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| How many houses in the legislature were called for in the Great Compromise? | show 🗑
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| show | All men who could vote
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| show | population
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| show | state legislatures
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| show | two
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| What is the name of the compromise that settled the issue between the north and the south over whether or not slaves should be counted in the population of each state? | show 🗑
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| What was the compromise agreed to between the north and the south over the issue of the slave trade? | show 🗑
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| show | No state could stop a fugitive slave from being returned to an owner who claimed him/her.
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| show | 3,000
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| show | republic
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| The introduction of the Constitution is called the _______. | show 🗑
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| show | League of the Iroquois
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| What are the two ideas of John Locke that influenced the writing of our Constitution? | show 🗑
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| show | separation of powers of the government
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| show | He argued that such a division would help prevent any one person or group from gaining too much power.
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| show | federalism
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| show | The federal government
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| show | The federal government
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| Under the Constitution, which government has the power to regulate trade between the states? | show 🗑
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| show | The federal government
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| show | The federal government
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| Delegated powers are given to the _______ government. | show 🗑
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| show | state
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| show | states
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| show | states
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| show | states
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| show | states
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| Under the Constitution, any powers not given to the federal government belong to ____________________. | show 🗑
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| Powers that are shared by the federal government and the state governments are called ___________ powers. | show 🗑
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| show | 1. Provide for the public welfare 2. Administer criminal justice 3. Charter banks 4. Raise taxes 5. Borrow money
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| According to the Constitution, what is the "supreme law of the land"? | show 🗑
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| show | the legislative branch
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| What are the two houses in Congress? | show 🗑
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| show | the executive branch
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| Which branch is the Supreme Court in? | show 🗑
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| Who has the power to declare war? | show 🗑
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| Who appoints federal judges? | show 🗑
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| Who negotiates foreign treaties? | show 🗑
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| Who can declare a law or an act unconstitutional? | show 🗑
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| show | the President
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| Who has the power to tax? | show 🗑
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| show | Congress
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| Who can impeach the President? | show 🗑
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| Who has the power to convict an impeached President and remove him/her from office? | show 🗑
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| According to the Constitution, who presides over the Senate impeachment trial? | show 🗑
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| Who has the power to create lower courts? | show 🗑
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| show | The Senate by a two-thirds margin
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| Who can grant pardons to federal offenders? | show 🗑
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| show | The President
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| Who approves appointments and appointed judges? | show 🗑
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| A proposed law is called a _____ | show 🗑
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| show | an amendment
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| Who can propose amendments to the Constitution? | show 🗑
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| Members of the House of Representatives are elected for ____-year terms. | show 🗑
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| Senators are elected for ____-year terms. | show 🗑
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| Who is responsible for foreign relations? | show 🗑
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| The President is elected to a _____-year term. | show 🗑
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| show | The electoral college
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| The President's rejection of a bill passed by Congress is a ______. | show 🗑
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| Congress can check the President's veto of a bill by an _______. | show 🗑
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| show | two-thirds
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| show | accuse or bring charges against a government official
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| Which house of Congress has the power to impeach a government official? | show 🗑
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| Which house of Congress is the impeachment trial held in? | show 🗑
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| show | two-thirds
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| show | Federalists
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| show | Anti-Federalists
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| show | nine
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| show | Federalist Papers
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| Who were the three authors of the Federalist Papers? | show 🗑
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| show | bill of rights
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| Changes or additions to the Constitution are _________. | show 🗑
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| According to the Constitution, a ___-____ vote of both houses of Congress are needed to propose an amendment.. | show 🗑
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| show | three-fourths
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| The first ____ amendments of the Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights. | show 🗑
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| show | freedom of speech, religion, press, petition, and assembly
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| show | Due process
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| show | state
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| show | To form a more perfect union, to establish justice, to ensure domestic tranquility, to provide for the common defense, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty
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| show | Popular sovereignty, limiting the power of the government, federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances
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| What does "popular sovereignty" mean? | show 🗑
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| show | It is the principle that the government is not all powerful but can do only what the people say it can do
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| What is the principle of 'Federalism"? | show 🗑
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| show | It is the division of the operations of the national government into three branches, each with its own powers and responsibilities
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| show | It is the means by which each branch of the national government is able to check, or control, the power of the other two branches
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