Mr. D's "Constitution" Study Stack
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| show | A constitution
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| Define "execute" | show 🗑
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| What was the first national constitution called? | show 🗑
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| What kind of government did the Articles of Confederation create? | show 🗑
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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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| How did the national government sell the land? | show 🗑
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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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| What law was passed in 1787 to govern the Northwest Territory and outlaw slavery in it? | show 🗑
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| According to the Northwest Ordinance, how many smaller territories would the Northwest Territory be divided into? | show 🗑
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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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| show | Philadelphia
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| show | During the summer of 1787
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| show | 12
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| show | Rhode Island
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| What was the original intent of the Constitutional Convention? | show 🗑
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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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| show | James Madison
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| Who is know as the "Father of the Constitution? | show 🗑
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| Who was the delegate from New York who pushed to create a strong central government? | show 🗑
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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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| At the Constitutional Convention, which plan was put forth that favored states with small populations? | show 🗑
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| show | William Patterson
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| show | three
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| show | one
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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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| What is a compromise? | show 🗑
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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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| How many branches of government were called for in the Great Compromise? | show 🗑
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| How many houses in the legislature were called for in the Great Compromise? | show 🗑
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| Under the Great Compromise, members of the lower house, known as the House of Representatives, would be chosen by_____? | show 🗑
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| show | population
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| Under the Great Compromise, members of the upper house, called the Senate, would be chosen by _____ _____. | show 🗑
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| Each state has _____ senators. | show 🗑
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| show | The Three-Fifths Compromise
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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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| What compromise was agreed to between the north and the south regarding escaped slaves? | show 🗑
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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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| Ideas and similar wording for the Constitution's preamble were borrowed from the ________ ___ ___ ______. | show 🗑
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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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| Why did Montesquieu argue in favor of a separtation of powers in the government? | show 🗑
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| show | federalism
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| Under the Constitution, which government has the power to coin money? | show 🗑
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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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| Under the Constitution, which government has the power to regulate trade with foreign nations? | show 🗑
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| show | The federal government
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| Delegated powers are given to the _______ government. | show 🗑
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| Reserved powers belong to the _______ governments. | show 🗑
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| show | states
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| show | states
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| Under the Constitution, the power to establish schools belongs to the ______. | show 🗑
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| Under the Constitution, the power to establish local governments belongs to the _____. | show 🗑
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| Under the Constitution, any powers not given to the federal government belong to ____________________. | show 🗑
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| show | concurrent
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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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| show | The Senate and the House of Representatives
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| What branch is the President in? | show 🗑
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| show | the judicial branch
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| show | Congress
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| Who appoints federal judges? | show 🗑
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| show | the President
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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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| show | Congress
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| Who has the power to coin money? | show 🗑
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| show | The House of Representatives by a majority vote
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| show | The Senate by a two-thirds vote
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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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| show | the President
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| show | The President
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| show | The Senate
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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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| show | six
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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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| According to the Constitution, who elects the President? | show 🗑
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| show | veto
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| show | override
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| At least ____-_____ vote of both houses of Congress are needed to override a President's veto. | show 🗑
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| To "impeach" means to | show 🗑
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| Which house of Congress has the power to impeach a government official? | show 🗑
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| show | The Senate
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| What fraction of the Senate must vote guilty to remove a government official from office? | show 🗑
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| show | Federalists
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| People that were against ratification of the Constitution were called __________. | show 🗑
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| show | nine
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| The _______ ______ were a series of essays supporting the ratification of the Constitution. | show 🗑
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| Who were the three authors of the Federalist Papers? | show 🗑
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| The chief argument of the Anti-Federalists was that the Constitution had no ____ ___ ____. | show 🗑
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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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| After declaring independence fro Great Britain, the ______ governments wrote the first constitutions. | show 🗑
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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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| show | It is the division of power between the national government and the state government
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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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