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17 Cards in this Set
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? |
Thomas Jefferson |
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What are the three ideas the Declaration of Independence is based on? |
1. People should have equal rights 2. Governments should be run by people 3. Individual rights must be protected |
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What plan of government was used before the Constitution? |
Articles of Confederation |
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What did the first plan of government (The Articles of Confederation) create? |
A weak national government |
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What could the government not do under The Articles of Confederation? |
Have the power to tax |
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What was the name of the group who supported the Constitution? |
Federalists |
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How was representation in the Legislature decided in the Virginia Plan? |
By each state's popluation |
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What was the Great Compromise? |
States would have equalrepresentation in one house of Congress and representation based on population in the otherhouse of Congress
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Who was chosen to be the head of the Constitutional Convention? |
George Washington |
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Where and when was the Constitutional Convention held? |
Philadelphia, 1787
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Who kept a journal and wrote most of the Constitution? |
James Madison |
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What is one reason some groups were opposed to the Constitution? |
It did not include a Bill of Rights |
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Which plan of government was favored by the small states? |
The New Jersey Plan |
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What is the idea that the powers of the government should be divided between the branches of the government? |
Separation of powers |
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What is the idea that one branch of government can block thepower of another branch of government?
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Checks and Balances |
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Which kind of government divides power between the centraland state governments?
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Democratic |
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What was the main purpose of the Preamble to theConstitution?
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To state the goals of the American Government |
