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| We live in a______________. |
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| Since we do not handle the affairs of government ourselves, we live under a system called a: |
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| Some other names for the United States government are: |
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| United States government, central government, the national government, or the federal government. |
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| United States government, central government, the national government, or the federal government. |
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| We the people give our what in order to be governed by the Constitution. |
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| To keep our Constitution from becoming meaningless it is to responsibility of who to see that it is carried out. |
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| How can citizens make sure that our Constitution is effective? |
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| By being well informed as to what our government is doing, by taking an interest in voting in all elections, by informing our elected officials of our desires and opinions, by farming lobbies or groups, by taking court action against any law that we feel is not constitutional, and by petition. |
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| After election if a person finds themselves a member of the minority, it is his duty to __________ with the majority of voters, so that our government may run smoothly. |
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| It is his duty as a good citizen to accept the wishes of the majority of voters and cooperate with them. Being a good loser is as important our Democratic Republic as well as as being informed and interested in all activities of our government. |
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| Our first plan for a national government was? |
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| The first plan was the Articles of Confederation. |
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| The articles of Confederation called for a Congress, but had no plans for? |
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| There is no executive branch and there was no judicial Court branch. |
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| There is no executive branch and there was no judicial Court branch. |
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| It could only ask the states for money or troops, and could not make the states comply. |
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| The articles of Confederation did not work for a well and lasted how long? |
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| The articles Confederation were drawn up in 1777, the last they did not ratify it until 1781, and it went out of existence in 1789 when the Constitution was adopted. |
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| In 1787, by convention was called to revise the articles of Confederation, but instead, they decided to? |
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| Write a constitution setting up the federal government for the states. |
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| Compromises were required to form the Constitution. What are these compromises? |
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1. The great compromise. Representation by population, the House of Representatives. Representation by state, the Senate.
2. The commercial compromise. Congress was given the power to regulate commerce or controlled trade with foreign countries and between the states. A tree with a foreign country would require a two thirds vote of the Senate.
3. The 3/5 compromise. South wanted slaves to count, the doors did not. Compromise was that only 3/5 of the slaves of states could be counted as population towards representation. |
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| The powers of were divided between the state and Congress. What if a law was not mentioned in the Constitution? |
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| A law not mentioned, would be considered the jurisdiction of the people and the states. |
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| There was disagreement on having a strong federal government, or having a strong state government. What were these individuals called? |
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| Federalists, for a strong central government. Antifederalists, in favor of keeping strong state government. |
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| Before the Constitution could become law would have been ratified by how many states? |
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| Would have to be ratified by three fourths, or nine states out of the 13. |
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| The Constitution was adopted when, when do they go into effect, and when did all 13 states ratify it as the supreme law of the United States? |
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| July 2, 1788 10 states ratified the Constitution. I went into effect March 4, 1789. It was finally ratified by all states in 1790. |
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