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| A constitution written during the Revolution to establish the powers of the new national government was called: |
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| The Articles of Confederation |
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| What were the basic weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? |
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Provided for a weak national government
Gave Congress no power to tax or regulate commerce among the states
Provided for no common currency
Gave each state one vote regardless of size
Provided for no executive or judicial branch |
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| What kind of system of government did the Constitutional establish? |
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| A federal system of government (government based on power shared between the national and state governments) |
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| What is a federal system system of government? |
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| A system that divides powers between the national government and the governments of the states |
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| What are some of the basic principals of our government? |
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Seperation of powers
Checks and balances |
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| The structure of the new national government was based on James Madison's __ __ which was called for three seperate branches of government. |
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| What are the three branches of government? |
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*Legislative Branch
*Judicial Branch
*Executive Branch |
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| What is the job of the Legiislative Branch? |
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| What is the job of the Judicial Branch? |
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| to determine if laws are constitutional |
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| The legislative branch of the federal government is: |
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| Congress is a two-house legislature consisting of: |
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| the Senate and the House of Representatives |
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| All states are represented sequally in the: |
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| How many Senators are there per state in the Senate? |
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| In the House of Representatives, the number of each state's representatives is based on: |
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| Which branch of government is the Supreme Court part of? |
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| The head of the Executive Branch is: |
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| What is the branch of government that determines if laws made by congress are constitutional and if laws are being broken? |
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| Which Branch of government carries out laws? |
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| Which Branch of government carries out laws? |
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| The structure of the new national government was based on James Madison's "Virginia Plan". What idea did the Virginia Plan contribute? |
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| The idea of 3 seperate branches of government. |
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| Who wrote the Virginia Plan? |
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| Another principal of our new government was: |
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| What are "checks and balances"? |
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*Each branch of government can check the power of the other
*These checks keep any one branch from gaining too much power. |
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| Why did Samuel Adams and Paul Revere lead patriots in throwing tea into Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party? |
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| The first ten amendments to the Constitution is the: |
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| Who was the author of the Bill of Rights? |
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| What does the Bill of Rights do? |
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| It provides a written guarantee of individual rights |
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| What are some of the individual rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights? |
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| freedom of speech, freedom of the press. freedom of religion |
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| The disagreement between these two men on the role of the national government resulted in the creation of the two political parties. |
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| Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson |
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| Alexander Hamilton became the leader of the: |
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| Thomas Jefferson became leader of this party. |
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| Democratic Republicans/ Anti-Federalists |
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Which Party?
*Favored strong national government
*Favored limits on states' powers
*Favored development of industry on a national scale
*Favored a national bank |
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| The Federalists party(led by Hamilton) |
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