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| What was the purpose of Thomas Jefferson writing the Declaration of Independence? |
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| The rights of the colonists were being taken away and they wanted it recorded for the world to know. |
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| What document stated that the basic purpose of government was to protect the rights of citizens? |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| When the Declaration of Independence states "unalienable rights" who are they referring to having these rights? |
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| The Declaration of Independence says the government gets it's power from the _______________________. |
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| Who was the leader of Great Britain when the Declaration of Independence was written? |
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| Why did the Framers add the Bill of Rights to the Constitution? |
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| The Bill of Rights were added because the Constitution did not have these rights in it. |
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| What are the words "establish justice" in the Constitution referring to? |
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| Establishing the Judicial Branch |
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| Who is the Commander in Chief of the military set up by the Constitution to provide for the "common defense"? |
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| What is it called when power is divided between one central government and many states? |
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| What are the three branches of government? |
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| Executive, Legislative, Judicial |
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| What does Oligarchy mean and which branch of our government is it most like? |
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| Small groups rule. It is most like our Legislative branch. |
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| What does Dictatorship mean and which branch of our government is it most like? |
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| One ruler with too much power. It is most like our Executive Branch. |
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| What part of the Constitution can you find the three branches of our government set up and explained? |
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| The ________________ have certain rights separate from the federal government. |
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| When the states sent delegates to meet in Philadelphia in 1787, they came to revise the Articles of Confederation. What happened? |
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| They scrapped it and started over. |
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| The ___________________ ______________ was the meeting in 1787 where they wrote the Constitution. |
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| Constitutional Convention |
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| The Articles of Confederation gave too much power to the __________________. |
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| The Anti-Federalists believed the Articles of confederation did not give the states enough _______________. |
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| What issue did the Great Compromise resolve? |
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| It determined how the states would be represented in Congress |
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| The President and Supreme Court were not part of which document and it created a weak government? |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| The House of Representatives is based on the ________________ of each state. |
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| The Senate is allowed to have __________ senators from each state. |
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| When the President can veto a law or the Congress can override the Presidents veto this is showing _______________________. |
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| What were John Jay, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton the authors of? |
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| What rights did Anti Federalist stand for? |
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| States Rights. Loyal to their state. |
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| Who supported the Constitution? (Federalists or Anti Federalists) |
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| Who opposed the Constitution? (Federalist or Anti-Federalists) |
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| What was set up by Alexander Hamilton to deal with the debt from the American Revolutionary War? |
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| How are electoral votes of a state determined? |
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| Add the number of Senators and Representatives |
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| You have to win the majority of electoral votes to win the office of ______________. |
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| Which state had the largest population? |
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| Who warned about political parties in his farewell address? |
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| How many terms did George Washington serve and set the example for future presidents? |
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| The founding fathers were concerned the Articles of Confederation were not working. What did they do? |
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| They wrote the United States Constitution. |
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| What compromise helped form the Legislative Branch of government? |
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| According to the authors, the words "unalienable rights" included in the Bill of Rights came from ________________. |
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| The Bill of Rights were added to the Constitution because the Anti-Federalists demanded them be added. Why? |
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| The didn't want the national government to become too powerful. |
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| The Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branches have a system in place to prevent them from becoming too powerful. What is this system? |
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| What is a way the Executive Branch can check the Legislative Branch? |
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| How can the Judicial Branch check on the Executive Branch? |
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| The Courts can declare presidental acts unconstitutional. |
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