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Question 1

a human right based on nature or God

Answer 1

Unalienable

Question 2

• a weak constitution that governed America during the revolutionary war

Answer 2

Articles of confederation

Question 3

a meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution

Answer 3

Constitutional convention

Question 4

a 1787 rebellion in which ex-revolutionary war soldiers attempted to prevent foreclosures of farms as a result of high interest rates and taxes

Answer 4

Shay’s Rebellion

Question 5

all power given to one house

Answer 5

Unicameral

Question 6

proposal to create a strong national government

Answer 6

Virginia Plan

Question 7

proposal to create a weak national government

Answer 7

New Jersey Plan

Question 8

plan to have a popularly elected House based on the state population and a state selected Senate, with 2 members for each state

Answer 8

Great Compromise

Question 9

government in which elected representatives make the decisions

Answer 9

Republic

Question 10

the power of the court to declare laws unconstitutional

Answer 10

Judicial review

Question 11

government authority shared by national and local governments

Answer 11

Federalism

Question 12

powers given to the national government alone

Answer 12

Enumerated powers

Question 13

powers given to the state government alone

Answer 13

Reserved powers

Question 14

powers shared by the national and state governments

Answer 14

Concurrent powers

Question 15

authority shared by 3 branches of government

Answer 15

Checks and balances

Question 16

constitutional authority is shared by 3 different branches of government

Answer 16

Separation of powers

Question 17

a group with a distinct political interest

Answer 17

Faction

Question 18

those who favor a stronger national government

Answer 18

Federalists

Question 19

those who favor a weaker national government

Answer 19

Antifederalist