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| Replaced the Articles of Confederation |
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| The Constitution of the United States |
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| The official title of the thirteen colonies on March 1,1781 |
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| Confederation of the United States of America |
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| First written plan of government for the thirteen colonies' use. |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| The only national government body, according to the Articles. |
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| A needed addition, felt by some, to the Constitution |
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| city where the delegates met to write the Constitution |
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| Attended by fifty-five appointed delegates |
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| Constitutional Convention |
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| Former name of Independence Hall |
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| Elected president of the convention |
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| Wrote fifteen resolves known as the Virginia Plan |
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| Gave the heavily populated states a greater voice in government |
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| gave the less populated states an equal voice in government |
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| Legislators; elected by voting citizens of representative states |
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| Made up of two senators from each state |
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| A group that supported the Constitution |
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| During the war years, the states united under the provision of the _________. |
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| Although the Articles of Confederation established a "firm league of friendship", each state retained its own __________. |
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| The basic weakness of the Articles was that Congress lacked authority to ______ its own laws. |
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| The only form of government the Founding Fathers seriously considered was a ________. |
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| In a republic, the people are governed by _________ which are based on a constitution and written by elected representatives. |
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| In the Virginia Plan, it stated that each of the three branches of government would ________ the power of the other two. |
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| Free enterprise and limited government both have their _________ in Scripture. |
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| The Constitutional Convention could not act on anything until a quorum of _____ states was represented. |
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| After ____________, thirty-eight other delegates from twelve states signed the Constitution in geographical order. |
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| The Constitution would provide for an ________ branch which would consist of one man who would be given general authority to enforce national laws. |
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| The Constitution would provide for a _________ branch which would consist of one supreme court and several lower courts with authority to interpret the laws. |
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| The Constitution would provide for a ___________ branch which would consist of a House of Representatives and a Senate with authority to make laws. |
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| _________ powers are powers that the Constitution expressly denies to either federal or state governments, or to both. |
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| _________ powers are powers given to the federal government by the Constitution. |
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| ______ powers are powers reserved only for the federal government or only for the states for for the people. |
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| ________ powers are powers shared and exercised by both state and federal government. |
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| A proposed amendment is first sent to the ____________ for approval. |
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| Second, the proposed amendment is given to a ________ to be studied and reported back to the House of Representatives. |
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| Third, the House of Representatives adopts the proposed amendment by a needed ________ majority vote and sends the proposed amendment to the Senate. |
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| Fourth, the ______ considers the proposed amendment and passes it by a two-thirds majority vote. |
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| Fifth, the proposed amendment is signed by the leaders of the House of Representatives and the Senate and is sent to the __________ for approval. |
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| Sixth, if the President approves the proposed amendment, a copy of it is sent to each _________ for ratification. |
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| Seventh, when ________ of the states ratify the proposed amendment, it becomes and amendment of the Constitution. |
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