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Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

checks and balances

a)

system of overlapping the powers of the 3 branches to permit each branch to check actions of the others

b)

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2.

Great compromise

a)

the plan agreed to during the writing of the constituion and created a two hoiuse congress, HoR in which each state was given equal votes

b)

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3.

commerce clause

a)

established that the power to regulate foreign and interstate commerce would be a congressional power

b)

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4.

ratification

a)

formal approval of the constituion by the states

b)

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5.

federalist

a)

people who supported ratification of the constituion because they supported a strong federal on national government

b)

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6.

anti federalist

a)

people who opposed ratification of the consistution because they feared that a strong central government would endanger peoples liberties

b)

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7.

concurrent power

a)

powers held jointly by the national and state governments

b)

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8.

reserved powers

a)

power not specifaclly guaranteed th the federal government or denied to the states belong to the states and the people

b)

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9.

expressed powers

a)

powers given to congress directly setlled in the constituion

b)

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10.

implied powers

a)

power not specifaclly mentioned in the constituion

b)

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11.

virgina plan

a)

plan presented during the constituiontal coonvention that favored large states because repensation was based on population

b)

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12.

new jersey plan

a)

plan presented at the constitutional convention that favored small states because state repensation was equal

b)

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13.

electoral college

a)

gives congress power to do what is "necessary and proper" to carry out its other duties

b)

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14.

AoC

a)

a weak constitution that governed america during the revolutionary war

b)

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15.

amendment

a)

a change to the constitution

b)

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16.

supremecy clause

a)

constitution is the supreme law of the land

b)

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17.

federalist papers

a)

A collection of 85 articles written by alexander hamilton , john jay, and james madison under the name "publics" to defend the constitution in detail

b)

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18.

article 1

a)

legislative branch

b)

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19.

article 2

a)

executive branch

b)

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20.

article 3

a)

judicial branch

b)

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21.

article 4

a)

relations among states

b)

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22.

article 5

a)

amending the constitution

b)

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23.

article 7

a)

ratifying the constitution

b)

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