AP Government Chapter 2 Vocab Exercise
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- Q1An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitution in 1787Users re-arrange answers into correct orderJumble30s
- Q2America's 1st constitution from 1781-1789. it provided a weak central government that included a unicameral assembly. It settled claims to western lands but were unable to demand revenues from the states or protect the people from armed rebellion.Users re-arrange answers into correct orderJumble30s
- Q3The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. They provide for protections from government interference. They were ratified in 1791 at the urgency of Anti-federalists as a final compromise.Users re-arrange answers into correct orderJumble30s
- Q4A major principle of the American system of government whereby each branch of the government can check the actions of the otherUsers re-arrange answers into correct orderJumble30s
- Q5A political system in which states or regional government retain ultimate authority except for those powers they expressly delegate to a central governmentUsers re-arrange answers into correct orderJumble30s
- Q6A unanimous proclamation of the Second Continental Congress ( July, 4 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great BritainUsers re-arrange answers into correct orderJumble30s
- Q7a group of persons called electors selected by the voters in each state and the District of Columbia; this group officially elects the president and vice president of the US. The number of electors in each state is equal to the number of each state's representatives in both chamber of Congress. The Twenty-third Amendment to the Constitution grants DC as many electors as the state with the smallest populationUsers re-arrange answers into correct orderJumble30s
- Q8Enforces and executes lawsUsers re-arrange answers into correct orderJumble30s
- Q9The name given to one who was in favor of the adoption of the US Constitution and the creation of a federal union with a strong central governmentUsers re-arrange answers into correct orderJumble30s
- Q10A system of government in which power is divided between a central government and regional, or subdivisional, governmentsUsers re-arrange answers into correct orderJumble30s
- Q11The compromise between the New Jersey and Virginia plans that created one chamber of the Congress based on population and one chambers representing each state equally; also called the Connecticut CompromiseUsers re-arrange answers into correct orderJumble30s
- Q12Interprets the lawsUsers re-arrange answers into correct orderJumble30s
- Q13Makes LawsUsers re-arrange answers into correct orderJumble30s
- Q14A structure of government in which the powers of the government are separated into 3 branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.Users re-arrange answers into correct orderJumble30s
- Q15Rights held to be inherent in natural law, not dependent on governments; life, liberty and property/pursuit of happinessUsers re-arrange answers into correct orderJumble30s