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What did Congress have to do under the Articles of Confederation

in order to get money to run the government?

Ask each individual state, which could refuse

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What statute gave the idea of religious freedom,which is a part of

our Constitution today?

Jefferson’s Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

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What was the name of the

first constitution

of the United States?

Articles of Confederation

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What was the English document that limited the

power of King John in 1215?

Magna Carta

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Which state refused to ratify the Articles of Confederation

until other states gave up their western land claims?

Maryland

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What was the incident, that showed the weaknesses of the

Articles of Confederation, in which farmers

were upset over taxes that they could not pay?

Shays’ Rebellion

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What is the economic term which means that prices are

going up and the value of money is going down?

Inflation

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 Name for taxes on imports or exports

Tariffs

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 Trade between two or more states

Interstate Commerce

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Period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment

Depresssion

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How many branches of government

are there according to the U.S. Constitution?

Three Branches

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What problem did the Great Compromise solve?

How to represent the large and small states in Congress

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What compromise was made concerning the slave trade?

It would not be ended for 20 years

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What keeps any branch of government

from becomingtoo powerful?

Checks and Balances

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What is the name of the compromise

that solved how slaves would be counted as

part of the population?

Three-Fifths Compromise

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Name for people who supported the Constitution

Federalists

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Well known Federalist who wrote some of the federalist papers

Alexander Hamilton

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What were the essays that were written in support

of ratifying (approving) the Constitution?

Federalist Papers

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  10 amendments intended to protect citizens’ rights

Bill of Rights

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What were people called who were against the new Constitutionbecause they didn’t want a

government that was too strong?

Anti-Federalists

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What was the first document in the colonies to

establishguidelines for self-government?

Mayflower Compact

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Who contributed the idea of separating the power

in a government so that a person or group

could not get too much power?

Baron de Montesquieu

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Who was the man who contributed the idea that there is a social

contract between rulers and the people that they rule?

John Locke

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What were the two branches of government that did not exist

under the Articles of Confederation?

Executive and Judicial Branches

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Who is known as the “Father of the Constitution?

James Madison