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| A constitution written during the Revolutionary to establish the powers of the new national government was called: |
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| The Articles of Confederation |
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| What were the basic weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? |
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Provided for a weak nation government.
Gave Congress no power to tax or regulate commerce among the states.
Provided for no common currency.
Gave each state one vote regardless of size.
Provided for no executive or judicial branch. |
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| What kind of system of government did the Constitution establish? |
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| A federal system of government(government based on power shared between the national and state governments |
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| What is a federal system of government? |
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| A system that divides powers between the national government and the governments of the states |
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| What are some of the basic principals of our government? |
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Separations of powers
Checks and balances |
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| The structure of the new national government was based on James Madison's____ ____which called for three separate branches of government. |
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| What are the three separate branches of government? |
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-Legislative Branch
-Executive Branch
Judicial Branch |
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| What is the job of the Legislative Branch? |
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| What is the job of the Executive Branch? |
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| What is the job of the Judicial Branch? |
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| to determine if the laws are unconstitutional or constitution |
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| The Legislative Branch of the federal government is: |
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| Congress is a two-house legislature consisting of: |
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| the Senate and the House of Representatives |
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| All states are represented equally in the : |
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| How many Senators are there per state in the Senate? |
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| In the House of Representatives, the number of each state's representatives is based on: |
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| Which branch of government is the Supreme Court part of? |
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| The head of the Executive Branch is: |
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| What is the branch of government that determines if laws made by Congress are constitutional and if laws are being broken? |
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| Which branch of government carries out laws? |
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| The structure of the new national government was based on James Madison's "Virginia Plan." What idea did the Virginia Plan contribute? |
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| The idea of 3 separate branches of government |
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| Who wrote the Virginia Plan? |
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| Another principal of our new government was: |
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| What are "checks and balances"? |
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Each branch of government can check the power of the other.
These checks keep any one branch from gaining too much power. |
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| The first ten amendments to the Constitution is the: |
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| Who was the author of the Bill of Rights? |
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| What does the Bill of Rights do? |
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| It provides a written guarantee of individual rights |
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| What are some of the individual rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights? |
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| freedom of speech,freedom of press,and the freedom of religion |
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