Principles of the Constitution and Monday-Chunk 6/7

QUIZ MONDAY

What do you call the system of government in which each branch of government has some way to control the other 2 branches?

What do you call the system of government in which each branch of government has some way to control the other 2 branches?

checks and balances

When a president vetoes a bill where does it then go?

Congress

How can the president’s vetoed bill which then when to _____become a law?

2/3 vote by Congress

What was America’s first signed constitution? (1777)

Articles of Confederation

List two reasons why the Articles of Confederation was unsuccessful:

1-federal government was not strong enough 2-states could coin own money

What did the men meet to do at the Constitutional Convention?

revise the Articles of Confederation

What did the men DO at the Constitutional Convention?

scrapped the Articles of Confederation and made the Constitution

WHERE did the men meet for the Constitutional ConventionI?

Philadelphia

Who was the president of the Constitutional Convention?

George Washington

What did the Virginia Plan call for?

large states to have more votes

What did the New Jersey Plan call for?

each state to have one vote

What did the small states & large states agree upon in the Great Compromise?

two houses of congress

What was the 3/5 Compromise/ what did it say or mean?

slaves would cont for 3/5 of the vote

How many states had to ratify the Constitution in order to put it into effect?(1787)

9 out of 13

Ratify

approve

Who is the “father of the Constitution”?

James Madison

Who was the MAIN AUTHOR of the federalist papers?

Alexander Hamilton

What was James Madison an author of that most people didn’t know he was?

the federalist papers

What did the Federalist Papers explain and encourage?

it explained the Constitution and encourage people to ratify it

What did James Madison write in 1789/the first 10 of?

he wrote the first 10 amendments or Bill of Rights

Who is in the Executive Branch?

the president/VP

What is the main job of the Executive Branch?

applying laws

What are the TWO specific powers of the Executive Branch?

meeting with foreign nations’ leaders and commanding the armed forces

Who is in the Judicial Branch?

courts