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23 Cards in this Set
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What document is the first ten amendments to the Constitution? |
the Bill of Rights
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When was the AoC written?
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during the American Revolution
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What is the BoR?
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the first ten amendments to the Constitution
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What document was written by George Mason?
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the Virginia Declaration of Rights
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What provides a written guarantee of individual rights?
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the Bill of Rights
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What is an example of an individual right?
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freedom of speech, assembly, petition
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What documents were written by Thomas Jefferson?
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the DoI and Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
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How many branches of government were included in the Constitution?
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three
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When was the Constitution signed?
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at the end of the convention
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Weaknesses in what document led to drafting a new constitution?
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AoC
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What document replaced the AoC?
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the Constitution
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What people helped develop the Constitution of the United States?
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delegates from each state
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What did delegates debate at the Constitutional Convention?
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how much power large and small states should have
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What did the Great Compromise decide?
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how many votes each state would have in the Senate and House of Representatives
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What is a system that divides governmental power between the national and state governments?
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federal system of government
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Where did the Constitutional Convention meet?
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Philadelphia
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Who was elected president of the Constitutional Convention?
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George Washington
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What are the three branches of government?
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legislative, executive, and judicial
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What decided how many votes each state would have in the Senate and House of Representatives?
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Great Compromise
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How many states had to vote in favor of the Constitution before it could become law?
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nine
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Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
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George Mason
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Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?
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Thomas Jefferson
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What two documents was the Bill of Rights based on?
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Virginia Declaration of Rights and Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom |
