Constitution Cards Flashcards
An increased price for goods and services combined with the reduce value of money is called
Inflation
Under what 3 conditions stated in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 could a state enter the Union?
- 60,000 free inhabitants w/a state constitutions and Bill of Rights
- Public education for all citizens
- Slavery banned
Once the U.S. had declared it independence, what document was created to rule the new country?
The Articles of Confederation
What era refers to the intellectual movement which advocated reason as the basis of authority and influenced political changes?
The Enlightenment
A weakness of the Articles of the Confederation was that it gave too much governmental power to what group?
Individual state governments
What was the original intention of James Madison’s meeting, which later became known as the Constitutional Convention?
To revise the Articles of Confederation
What law called for all newly acquired land to be surveyed and divided?
The Land Ordinance of 1785
This farmer’s revolt caused Americans to evaluate the effectiveness of the Articles of Confederation.
Shays’ Rebellion
Who presented the Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention?
Roger Sherman
This compromise in the Constitutional Convention proposed two houses, one based on population and the other based on equal representation.
The Great Compromise
The Declaration of Independence guaranteed all people what three unalienable rights?
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
What is considered to be the founding document of the U.S. and who is considered the primary author?
The Declaration of Independence/Thomas Jefferson
What ideas of the English philosopher John Locke influenced the Framers of the Constitution that are expressed in the first section of the Declaration of Independence?
- Government should protect people’s natural rights
- People have the right to reject a government that’s fails to do so
What era was the precursor to the War of Independence and what amendment did it eventually influence?
The Great Awakening
1st Amendment-freedom of religion
This Compromise during the Constitutional Convention decided that Congress would count 3 of every 5 slaves for representation and taxation
The 3/5’s Compromise
Often referred to as the foundation of the U.S. Constitution, this social contract was the 1st document written by common people for self-government
The Mayflower Compact
What were both the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights designed to do
Limit the power of the monarch
Three major English parliamentary traditions that influenced our government were:
Magna Carta, English Parliament, English Bill of Rights
Congress is to the U.S. as ________ is to England
Parliament
In designing the Legislative Branch, the Framers of the Constitution mainly based their ideas on ________.
English Parliament
Name the French philosopher whose belief that powers of government should be separated into branches influenced the Framers of the Constitution.
Montesquieu
Citizens choosing their representatives to make laws is known as a _________.
Republic
The division of power between the federal and state governments is called
Federalism
Direct Democracy, a system of government where ordinary citizens make decisions by voting, is also known as _________.
Popular Sovereignty
