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40 Cards in this Set
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Why did congress split the government into 3 branches
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So that it would create balance and no one house would have all the power
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What are the three branches of the government
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Legislative, Executive, Judicial
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What was the reason the framers of the Constitution created the Electoral College
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Because they thought people weren't smart enough to make the decision of who president
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How do people determine how many people are in the electoral college
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By how many people are in states congress.
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How are the Electors elected into the Electoral College
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By there respective parties
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Who is the leader of the Executive Branch and who advises him
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The President and Advises him is the Vice President
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Who makes up the President's Cabinet
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A whole bunch of of Secretaries except one
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What are the 14 executive departments
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defense, State Justice, Treasury, Commerce, Labor, Agricultural, Interior, Transportation, Education, Energy, Veteran Affairs, Health and Human Services, and Housing and Urban Devolpment.
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What was the original political party that favored a strong federal government
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Federalists
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What was the party that was supports Federalists ideas after the Federalist Party was no more
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Whig
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What was the party that first suggested Social Security
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Populists
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What was the original party that favored states rights over a strong national government
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Anti-Federalists
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What was the party that replaced the Whigs as a second major political party
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Republicans
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What was the name that the Anti- Federalist came to be know as
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Democratic
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what was the party to first propose a graduated income tax
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Socialists
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What part of the government do most bills go throw and becomes a law
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President
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What is the first proses of a bill become a official bill
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It goes to a clerk at either the House of Representatives or the Senate
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What are Loyalist
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people that are loyal lto the king
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What are Moderates
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people that were in the middle that didn't choose sides
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What are patriots
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These people didn't like the king
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What was the Common Sense
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It was a book that tried to convince colonist to agree with the Declaration of Independents
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What was the battle that was the turning point in the Revolutionary War
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The Battle of Saratoga
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Why was the Battle of Saratoga a turning point in the war
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This was when the French joined america and they won this battle
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What are three thing that General Burgoyne face during the March from Canada to New York
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Rough Territory, carrying a lot of stuff and America's Gorilla Warfare
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Why were America's chances of wining the Revolutionary war very low
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Because they were facing one of the best armies in the world on they just had a bunch of men that had very little training
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What were the two groups of government that had two different ideas of government
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Federalist and Anti Federalists
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What ideas did the federalists have
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They wanted a strong central government
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What were the ideas of the Anti- Federalist
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They were against a strong central government
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What was one law that was part of the Articles of Confederations
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That all states had reserved powers for the states
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How many colonies are part of the original united states of America
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13 colonies
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What battle was know as the sot heard around the world
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The Battle of Lexington
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What is the oldest framework of a government that America has
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The Constitution
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How many stat had to be approve to ratify it
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9 of 13
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What did people call them self if they supported the constitution
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Federalist
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What did you have to read to get insight of the ideas of the Constitution
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The Federalists Paper's
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What states wanted Slaves
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Southeren
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What states didn't want slaves
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Northeren
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Did the Southern states want the slaves t count as taxes
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No
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What was the name of the rebellion when all the courts were occupied to prevent trails
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Shay's Rebellion
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What are the 13 colonies
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Georgia, North and South Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, New Hemisphere, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey,
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