Question 1

Democratic - Republicans

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What political party favored a weak national government and was supported by farmers and frontier settlers of the South and the West?

Question 2

Federalists

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What political party favored a strong national government and a commercial economy?

Question 3

The Articles of Confederation

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What was our first form of government made by leaders that feared a powerful government?

Question 4

Characteristic of the Articles of Confederation

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Weak national government, no power to tax, no power to regulate commerce, no common currency, 1 branch of government, etc.

Question 5

The Constitution

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What form of government made national government supreme law of the land but gave states considerable power to govern themselves

Question 6

The Great Compromise

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What was is called when power was balanced between large state and small states with the Senate and the House of Representatives?

Question 7

3/5 Compromise

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What was the agreement to placate the southern states on the topics of slavery/population?

Question 8

George Washington

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Who was president of the Constitutional Convention but seldom participated in debates?

Question 9

James Madison

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Who is the Father of the Constitution and also wrote the Virginia Plan and the Bill of Rights?

Question 10

The Bill of Rights

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The Virginia Declaration of Rights and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom influenced what document?

Question 11

George Mason

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Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?

Question 12

Thomas Jefferson

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Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?

Question 13

National

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The Federalists advocated for a strong ______________ government & echoed the thoughts of modern day Liberal Democrats

Question 14

Conservative Republicans

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Anti-Federalists feared strong government would take away rights. They echoed ideas of modern..

Question 15

James Madison

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Leading proponents of the Constitution/Federalists were George Washington & who?

Question 16

Patrick Henry

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Leading opponents of the Constitution/Anti-Federalists were George Mason and who?

Question 17

Equal

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Important precedents by the Marshall Court help the judicial branch become an _______________ branch of gov't

Question 18

Marbury v. Madison

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The doctrine of judicial review was set forth in what court decision?

Question 19

McCulloch v. Maryland

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The doctrine of implied powers was set forth in what court decision? (also said that state law cannot interfere with federal law and that states cannot tax the federal government)

Question 20

Gibbons v. Ogden

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A broadly national view of economic affairs was set forth in what court decision?

Question 21

Alexander Hamilton & John Adams

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The Federalist party was led by who?

Question 22

1800

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Which election was won by Thomas Jefferson and was the first time political power was peacefully transferred from one political party to another?

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