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What was an early plan for the new American government
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Articles of Confederation
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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Bill of Rights
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The Declaration of Independance
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To ratify, means to
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discontinue
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approve
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fight for
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vote
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What part of the government makes the laws
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legislative branch
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executive branch
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judicial branch
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congress
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What part of the government puts laws into effect
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legislative branch
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executive branch
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judicial branch
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presidential branch
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What part of government makes sure laws are understood correctly
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legislative branch
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executive branch
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judicial branch
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The uprising of farmers who were angry about state taxes
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A plan for dividing up the land
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The United States was given land through this
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Nothwest Ordinance of 1787
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Treaty of Paris of 1783
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Articles of Confederation
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Declaration of Independance
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This document created our nation's government
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The Constitution has how many articles
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Which article of the constitution is the longest?
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How many parts are there to the constitution
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Check the correct parts to the Constitution
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Preamble
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7 Articles
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10 Articles
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13 Amendments
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27 Amendments
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Conclusion
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What was our first attempt at Government
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How many states need to agree to change the constitution?
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How many members of Congress are needed to change the Constitution?
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What was the main point of the Virginia Plan?
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Each state gets one vote and no states would have more power.
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Each state gets one vote and only some states would have more power.
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Votes would depend on population and bigger states would have more power.
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Votes would depend on population and smaller states would have more power.
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What was the main point of the New Jersey plan?
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Each state gets one vote and no states would have more power.
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Each state gets one vote and only some states have more power.
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Votes depend on population and bigger states would have more power.
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Votes depend on population and smaller states would have more power.
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Each state gets how many senators?
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The Federal government has more power than the State government.
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The power of the government is divided into the 3 branches so that no one branch has all the power. This is called
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A person who supports the Constitution is called a
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federalist
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anit-federalist
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A person who is against the Constitution is called a
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federalist
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anit-federalist
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Check statements true about amending the Constitution
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Either Congress or the States can propose an amendment to the Constitution.
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2/3 of each Houses of Congress must propose the amendment.
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2/3 of state legislatures call Congress to hold a Constitutional Convention.
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Only the president can propose a new amendment.
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The president must approve or ratify the amendment.
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3/4 of state legislatures must approve or tatify the amendment.
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3/4 of the states hold conventions to vote and approve the amendment.
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Federalism is where power is only divided between the National government and the States have no say.
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How many states were created by the Northwest Ordinance?
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What document spelled out the criteria for becoming a state?
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Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence.
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People have natural rights (right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness) and if the government takes away those natural rights people have the right to change or abolish the government.
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Unalienbale rights are rights given to us by our government.
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What is John Loke social contract theory?
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life
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liberty
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the pursuit of happiness
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property
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The first 10 amendments make up the Bill of Rights.
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The right to bear arms is which amendment?
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Which group demanded the Bill of Rights be added to the Constitution? (expain why)
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federalists, people in favor of the government
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anti-federalists, people wary of the government
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States have different laws.
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How many branches of government did the Articles of Confederation have?
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How many branches of governement did the Constitution have
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How many Houses is in the Congress? (can you name them)
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How many votes does each state get in the Senate?
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1 vote
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2 votes
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depends on population
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How many votes does each state get in the House of Representitives
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1
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2
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depends on population
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The Constitution requires each state to treat citizens of other states the same as it treats its own citizens.
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Social Contract is a belief that the state (government) exists to rule people.
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Writs of Habeas Corpus requires a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court to protect a prisoner from unlawful detention.
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The idea of popular sovereignty is
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the idea that government knows best and should enforce its laws on the people
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the idea that people know best and the government should be controlled by its people
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people should never have a say
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Check all the shortcomings of the Articles of Confederation
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Congress could not encat and collect tax
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Each state had only one vote in Congress, regardless of population
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Nine out of thirteen states needed to agree to pass important laws
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Articles could be amended only if all states approved
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No Executive branch to enforce laws of Congress
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There was no national court system to settle legal disputes
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There were thirteen separate states that lacked nation unity
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The Northwest Ordinance made slavery illegal in the Northwest territory.
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Who was the Father of the Constitution
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Thomas Jefferson
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John Locke
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Thomas Hobbes
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James Madison
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The Preamble is the conclusion to the Constitution.
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Check the principles of the US Government