Question 1

Primary purpose for the Articles of Confederation

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Establish a framework for government

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Guarantee a Bill of Rights

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Allow for the regulation of trade

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Provide money for government

Question 2

What are the Articles of Confederation?

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plan to organize the colonies

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justification of the Revolutionary War

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Secession of the South

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Reasons to support the Constitution

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Why did the Articles want a weak central government?

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Experience under a King was not positive

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Revenue was not great enough

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Government designed by Declaration

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Strong government was not necessary

Question 4

What is an accurate statement of government power under Articles?

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States coined money, collected taxes, and controlled trade.

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Executive branch was more powerful than the other two

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Larger populations had more votes in legislative

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Central government stronger than states

Question 5

Criticism of the Articles?

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did not provide enough power to central government

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allowed for new states

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prevent the development of military rule.

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limited presidents power

Question 6

Another criticism of the Articles?

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Too much power to the states

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used a draft to raise an army.

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imposed unfair taxes

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provided a strong judicial branch

Question 7

A weakness of the Articles

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Unable to enforce laws

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large states got more votes in Congress

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Too much power to the President

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States could not coin money

Question 8

The Constitution fixed the Articles by..

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creating three branches of government

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making the states more powerful

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providing states rights

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granting white males the right to vote

Question 9

Why did the Constitutional Convention happen?

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Unhappy with the Articles

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Needed a Continental Congress

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Needed a Supreme Court

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Had to debate when it is appropriate to listen to Christmas music.

Question 10

The Great Compromise revolved around

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Representation in Congress

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The Judicial Branch

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The Executive Branch

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States Rights

Question 11

What was the compromise at the Great Compromise

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two senators for each state and number of reps based on population

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Christmas music is allowed whenever you want to listen to it

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9 Supreme Court Justitces

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two presidential candidates

Question 12

The three-fifths compromise deal with the issue of

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representation of enslaved people

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rights of accuessed

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representation in the House

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presidential power

Question 13

What branch was shared by both the Articles and the Constitution?

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Legislative

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Judicial

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Executive

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Political Party System

Question 14

The Constitution fixed the Articles by

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letting the National government tax

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increase the power of the states

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providing right to vote to all

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establishing a policy for new states

Question 15

The goal of the Constitution

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give the federal government more power

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strengthen the power of the States

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weaken the power of the federal government

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become a monarchy

Question 16

Reserved power, delegated power, and concurrent powers are a government principle of ..

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Federalism

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Amending Process

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Unwritten Constitution

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Judicial Review

Question 17

Diving power between national and state governments is

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Federalism

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Checks and balances

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Popular Sovereignty

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Bill of Rights

Question 18

The principle developed to ensure one branch is not too powerful

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Checks and balances

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federalism

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limited government

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rule of law

Question 19

What idea allows Congress to change the Constitution?

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Elastic Clause

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Separation of Power

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Federalism

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States rights

Question 20

The first ten amendments are called

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Bill of Rights

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Constitution

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Electoral College

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Articles

Question 21

Why did the antifederalists oppose the Constitution?

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People's rights were not protected

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wanted a stronger executive branch

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feared a weak central government

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Opposed bicameral legistlature

Question 22

Who debated passing the Constitution?

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Federalists and Antifederalists

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Loyalists and Patriots

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Democrats and Republicans

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Executive and Judicial

Question 23

The Supreme Law of the Land is

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The Constitution

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The Mayflower Compact

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The Articles

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The Declaration of Independence

Question 24

The purpose of the Electoral College is to

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select a President

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bring racial equality into elections

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make foreign policies

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education the nation's youth

Question 25

Political parties and judicial review are part of

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The Unwritten Constitution

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Amendments

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Direct democracy

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Power of the Constitution

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