The Constituion
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Created by:
JamieGraceD on September 11, 2011
Subjects:
us-history, the-constitution, america, dr-cooper
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Sample questions for Dr. Cooper's notes on the Constitution. * = a date is the answer or is included in the answer ** = answer put in my own words so it may be hard for someone (besides myself) to answer them Note: when a question asks for two or more answers, the answers will be separated by c (see more)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Articles of Confederation (1781-1789) | What was the first constitution of the U.S. that made government intentionally weak in order to avoid tyranny? * |
| Congress | What was the only branch of government when the Articles of the Confederation was the constitution of the US? |
| the British had said that would remove their soldiers but refused to remove them from the Great Lakes area | What was the conflict between the British and America after the Revolution? ** |
| a border dispute over Florida cause Spain to close down the MI river so the Americans can't get to New Orleans | What was the conflict between Spain and America after the Revolution? ** |
| new nation was very weak, huge debt from war, not allowed to tax and can only bill, couldn't regulate trade | What were some of the major problems and weaknesses that the US had after writing the Articles of the Confederation? ** |
| The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia (May-Sept 1787) | What was the meeting held to amend the Articles of Confederation? Where and when did it happen? * |
| 55 | How many founding fathers were at the Constitutional Convention? |
| he knew others would go if he went since they trusted him and because he was alarmed by a rebellion in MA | Why did George Washington decide to go to the Constitutional Convention? ** |
| James Madison, Alexander Hamilton | Who were two of the founding fathers who were at the Constitutional Convention? |
| John Adams, Thomas Jefferson | Who was the ambassador to Great Britain and who was the ambassador to France? (hint: they both attended the Constitutional Convention) |
| tyranny | What were the founding fathers afraid of when they were worried that they might create a government with too much power and abuse the poeple? |
| democracy | What were the founding fathers afraid of when they were worried that the people may have too much power and cause anarchy? |
| great compromise | What was the plan proposed by Ben Franklin which solved the issue about how each state would be represented in Congress? |
| he divided Congress into Senate, which had 2 votes per state, and House of Reps, where the number of votes depended on the state's population | How did Ben Franklin solve the conflict between the large and small states with the Great Compromise? ** |
| 100, 435 | How many members are currently in the Senate and House of Representatives? |
| 1 slave equaled 3/5 of a free person (3/5 Compromise) | How did the people count the slaves when trying to include them in part of the population? ** |
| 1789 | When was the Constitution put into affect? * |
| a bundle of compromises | What was the nickname for the Constitution? |
| 7 | How many articles are in the Constitution? |
| 1st Article | Which article is the longest and outlines what congress, who believed that they should be the most powerful, could do? (legislative) |
| 2nd Article | Which article creates the executive branch that spells out what the president is allowed to do? |
| there should be a supreme court, congress can create any other courts that are needed, there has to be a chief justice (does not say how many judges) | What does the 3rd Article of the Constitution say? ** |
| 1791 | When were the Bill of Rights created? * |
| freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, and freedom of petition | What are the human rights included in the First Amendment? ** |
| popular sovereignty, representative government, limited government, federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, individual rights ,all power not defined in constitution goes to state | What were the basic principles for the plan of government written in the Constitution? (hint: there are 8) ** |
| a system in which governmental power is shared between national government ans state governments | What is Federalism? ** |
| 3 separate branches of government instead of a single Congress with all governmental power | What does separation of powers mean? ** |
| 2/3, 3/4 | What is the majority of Senate/House of Rep members and the majority of states that must agree on an amendment before it is adopted? |
| state legislative elected them because they thought people weren't smart enough to do it | How were senators elected before 1913? |
| the president who carries out the law | What is the Executive Branch? ** |
| congress, senate, and house of reps who make the law | What is the Legislative Branch? |
| supreme court and other courts who interprets the law | What is the Judicial Branch? |
| 1781-1783 | When was the Confederation Congress (from when to when)? |
| can veto a proposed law (L), nominates the justices on Supreme Court and the judges on lower courts (J) | What checks does the Executive branch have over the Legislative (L) and Judicial (J) branches? ** |
| can override a presidential veto and impeach a president (E), can impeach a justice on Supreme Court or a judge on lower courts (J) | What checks does the Legislative branch have over the Executive (E) and Judicial (J) branches? ** |
| can declare a president's actions to be unconstitutional (E), can declare a law to be unconstitutional (L) | What checks does the Judicial branch have over the Executive (E) and the Legislative (L) branches? |
| establish education systems, exercise the police power, authority to regulate marriages and divorces | What were some of the significant powers that the states retained in the federal system of government? ** |
| the people, 2 years | Who were the members of the House of Representatives elected by and how long was their term? ** |
| state legislature (later the people), 6 years | Who were the Senators elected by and how long was their term? ** |
| indirectly by people but directly by electoral votes, 4 years | Who were the Presidents elected by and how long was their term? |
| Electoral College (electors) | Who are the voters chosen to represent the state in the presidential elections? |
| number of senators plus number of representatives | How are the number of electoral votes chosen for a state? ** |
| 538, 270 | How many electoral votes are there total and what is the minimum amount of votes needed to win? |
| Nineteenth Amendment (XIX) | Which amendments states that no person should be denied a right to vote based on their gender? |
| 9 | How many justices serve on the Supreme Court? |
| January 20th | When is the president inaugurated? |
| 112 | What is the number of the current US Congress? |
| Jim Cooper, democrat | Who represents most of Davidson County in the House of Representatives and what political party does he belong to? |
| Llamar Alexander, Bob Corker, republican | Who are the two senators for Tennessee and what political party do they belong to? (hint: they are in alphabetical order by last name) |
| $400,000, $174,000, $223,000 | What are the salaries of the President, the House of Reps and Senate, and the Chief of Justice? |
| lifetime | How long does a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court serve? |
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