It includes the checks/balances, separate powers of the 3 branches, differences between Articles and Constitution, and the final system of Federalism, as well as all the notes from class (there are plenty of quizlets that deal with the first 10 amendments.) Enjoy!
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| 221816638 | Constitution | Articles or Constitution? : States have some power, but most power is given to the national government. | |
| 221816639 | Articles | Articles or Constitution? : States are given the majority of the power over the national government. | |
| 221816640 | Articles | Articles or Constitution? : No executive officer (President) will carry out the laws of congress. | |
| 221816641 | Constitution | Articles or Constitution? : A president heads the executive branch of the government. | |
| 221816642 | Articles | Articles or Constitution? : No national courts; only state courts exist. | |
| 221816643 | Constitution | Articles or Constitution? : Both national and state courts exist. | |
| 221816644 | Articles | Articles or Constitution? : Congress is responsible for the states. | |
| 221816645 | Constitution | Articles or Constitution? : Congress is responsible for the people. | |
| 221816646 | Articles | Articles or Constitution? : 9 out of 13 states have to approve a law before it can go into effect. | |
| 221816647 | Constitution | Articles or Constitution? : Laws may be passed by a majority vote on both houses of Congress. | |
| 221816648 | Articles | Articles or Constitution? : Congress has no power to tax. | |
| 221816649 | Constitution | Articles or Constitution? : Congress is given the power to tax. | |
| 221816650 | Articles | Articles or Constitution? : Congress cannot regulate trade among the states. | |
| 221816651 | Constitution | Articles or Constitution? : Congress is given the power to regulate insterstate as well as foreign trade. | |
| 221816652 | Articles | Articles or Constitution? : Each state coins its own money. There is no national currency. | |
| 221816653 | Constitution | Articles or Constitution? : Only the national government has the power to coin money. | |
| 221816654 | Legislative | Legislative, Executive, or Judicial? : This branch overrides presidential vetoes, approves presidential appointments, approves treaties, taxes to provide services, provides for defense, declares war, regulates money and trade, and impeaches officials. | |
| 221816655 | Executive | Legislative, Executive, or Judicial? : This branch can veto laws, appoint high officials, conduct foreign policy, enforces laws and treaties, commands the military, recommends bills to Congress, and reports the state of the Union to Congress. | |
| 221816656 | Judicial | Legislative, Executive, or Judicial? : This branch settles legal disputes between states, settles disputes between States and foreign countries, hears cases with ambassadors of foreign governments, and settles disputes between individuals and Federal Government. | |
| 221816657 | National gov | National gov, State gov, or both? : This type of government maintains army and navy, declares war, coins money, regulates trade between states and foreign nations, and makes laws necessary for carrying out delegated powers. | |
| 221816658 | both | National gov, State gov, or both? : This type of government enforces laws, establishes courts, borrows money, protects the safety of the people, builds roads, and collects taxes. | |
| 221816659 | State gov | National gov, State gov, or both? : This type of government conducts elections, establishes schools, regulates businesses within a state, establishes local governments, regulates marriages, and assumes other powers not given to the national government or denied to the states. | |
| 221816660 | Legislative, Executive | The _____ branch can override the _____ branch's veto. | |
| 221816661 | Legislative, Executive | The _____ branch can impeach and remove the head of the ______ branch. | |
| 221816662 | Legislative, Executive | The _____ branch can refuse to confirm the _____ branch's presidential appointment. | |
| 221816663 | false | True or false? : The Judicial branch can refuse to ratify presidential treaties. | |
| 221816664 | true | True or false? : The Legislative branch has the power over the Judicial branch to create lower federal courts and to refuse to confirm judicial appointments. | |
| 221816665 | true | True or false? : The Legislative branch has the power over the Judicial branch to propose constitutional amendments and to impeach and remove judges. | |
| 221816666 | Executive, Legislative | The ____ branch has the power to veto bills sent by the _____ branch and can recommend laws to this branch as well. | |
| 221816667 | Executive, Judicial | The _____ branch has the power to appoint Supreme Court and federal judges in the _____ branch as well as grant reprieves and presidential pardons. | |
| 221816668 | false | True or false? : The Judicial branch can recommend laws. | |
| 221816669 | true | True or false? : The Judicial branch can declare laws unconstitutional in the Legistlative branch. | |
| 221816670 | false | True or false? : The Judicial branch CANNOT rule that laws or executive acts are unconstitutional in the Executive branch. | |
| 221835532 | true | True or false? : In the early days of Congress, the main fear of American citizens was the outbreak of another political tyranny or monarch. | |
| 221835533 | 5 | Which statement is false regarding the similarities between the state and national constitution? 1.) Many individual state constitutions included a Bill of Rights, as well as the national one. 2.) Both required an annual election of legislature. 3.) Both created a week Judicial branch. 4.) Legislatures were given sweeping powers. 5.) Tax regulation was proclaimed unnessecary by the state documents, but was urged for by the national constitution. | |
| 221835534 | true | True or false? : An example of a democratic gain in Pennsylvania would be giving all 21 year old male taxpayers the opportunity to vote. | |
| 221835535 | true | True or false? : An example of a democratic gain in Massachusettes would be creating a convention to draft the constitution, but then had to go to the people for the final check. | |
| 221835536 | false | True or false? : There was little hope for unity during the early stages of the Constitution because of the weak political leaders, scarce enjoyment of political inheritance, and each 13 state had a completely different outlook regarding a government structure. | |
| 221835537 | 1777, 1781 | (dates): The Articles of Confederation were created in _____, but not officially ratified until _____. | |
| 221835538 | true | True or false? : The main weakness of the Articles of Confederation was the eliminating of taxes. There was a huge debt because of the recent war. | |
| 221835539 | nationalists | _______ were a group wealthy, well-educated people who thought the government was too weak and too many 'commoners' influenced it. They worried about respect from other nations as well, seeing the political mess that would probably happen in the future. (reply from opposers: "This government beat Britain!") | |
| 221835540 | Shay's, Daniel Shay | ______ Rebellion: A group of farmers weren't able to pay the war debt taxes because it was insisted that only gold/silver be used and not continentals (paper money). Massachusettes had the highest tax AND highest debt rate, but didn't accept paper money because it held little value. To combat this, farmer leader ______ tries to lead a rebellion, but fails. |
