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Why did political parties appear in the United States shortly after the Constitution was adopted?

Differences arose over political and economic issues.

1.What was the first government of the United States?

Articles of Confederation

Why would the following proposed bills be unlikely to ever become laws in the United States? Proposed Bills •No person may carry a firearm. •No publishing of documents criticizing the government •State's may not make their own laws

Bill of rights protects these rights

The Legislative branch may enact laws, the Executive branch may veto laws, and the Judicial branch may _____________.

Decide that a law is unconstitutional.

What is the highest legal authority in the United States government?

Constitution

Which famous document begins with the following lines? "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity...."

Constitution

How did the Whiskey Rebellion affect George Washington's Presidency?

Forced him to use an army to put down domestic unrest

What contributed to the differences in the economic development of the mid-Atlantic, New England, and Southern colonies?

Geographic conditions.

The fact that the Constitution denies the federal government several powers indicates that the framers believed strongly in which principle?

Limited Government

Which type of state (large or small) would have been MOST LIKELY to favor the Virginia Plan?

Large

The U.S. Constitution establishes a federal system of government. What is a federal system of government?

Power is divided between national and state governments.

What rights are protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

Speech, religion, assembly, press

By limiting the power of the National Government, the Bill of Rights ultimately serves as _.

Protector of individual and state rights.

Why was George Washington's presidency so important?

Set the precedents for future presidents.

Give an example of a WEAKNESS in the Articles of Confederation.

There was no separation of powers

Why did the Anti-Federalists push for the addition of a Bill of Rights to the United States Constitution?

They believed that people's liberties needed protection from the government.

At the Constitutional Convention, what does the Great Compromise essentially establish?

a bicameral legislature for the federal government.

Along with skirmishes like Shays' Rebellion, what did weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation led to?

a call for a stronger central government.

The Articles of Confederation represented the Americans' distrust of whom?

a strong central government

What was the Three-fifths Compromise?

allowed slaves to be partially counted as part of the U.S. population.

The fact that the economies of the southern colonies were primarily based on agriculture while the northern colonies were not directly caused conflict over which issue at the constitutional convention of 1787

debate over slavery

What do Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison tried to argue through the Federalist Papers?

in order to control factions, there should be a large, powerful government with checks and balances.

What do the Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise have in common?

representation of states in Congress.

Shays' Rebellion was an indication that the central government was too weak under which document?

the Articles of Confederation