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US History

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The Articles of Confederation required ____ states to sign.
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More than 10,000 constitutional amendments have been proposed with only ___ passing b a 2/3 vote in House in Senate.
33
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Amendments are the product of _______ not conflict.
consensus
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Which amendment eliminated poll tax?
24th
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Georgia was the first state to…
Allow 18 year olds to vote
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Four ways to change an amendment:
Reverse, reform, repair, repeal
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Where do new amendments come from?
Social protest, activism, shear political will, and preempted large social protest
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___ amendments have got 2/3 vote in the HOR and Senate but failed in States
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The Constitution has been amended ___ times.
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The Articles of Confederation…
was never amended
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The Constitution of 1787 owes it existence to…
the failure of its predecessor (Articles of Confederation)
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Madison is the father of the…
Bill of Rights
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George Washington confided to Abraham Baldwin that…
he did not expect the Constitution to last more than 20 years
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What did George Washington urge at his farewell speech?
To stay away from two party systems.
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No nation in the 18th century has a ______ executive.
non hereditary
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The two Presidents elected by the House of Representatives:
John Quincy Adams and Thomas Jefferson
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Which state has the most constitutions?
Louisiana
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Which state has a unicameral state legislature?
Nebraska
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Who said “You campaign in poetry but govern in prose”?
Mario Cuomo
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Who said “Government is not the solution to out problems, it is the problem”?
Ronald Reagan
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How many states have no term limits for their governor?
14
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What was the Philadelphia Munity?
An anti-government protest by unpaid militia.
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What was the last formal request of the Articles of Confederation from the 13 states?
$3,800,000
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Which state gave $663 to the Articles of Confederation?
Pennsylvania
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Which two delegates never missed a day of the Convention?
George Washington and James Madison
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Who created the electoral college?
James Madison
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What is the fatal flaw of the electoral college?
No one state can determine nor direct what the other states will do.
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How many delegates were summoned the Constitutional Convention?
55
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James Madison wrote ___ of the Federalist Papers.
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Which college did James Madison attend?
Princeton
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Who was against the closed doors of the Constitutional Convention saying “Nothing can justify this”?
Thomas Jefferson
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Virginia limits its governor to…
one four year term.
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How many cabinet members have been impeached?
1
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What percentage of South Carolina's population was slaves at the time of the Constitutional Convention?
53
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Who published the first daily newspaper in 1784 - The Pennsylvania Packet.
John Dunlap
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Whose portrait did Donald Trump have to the left of his desk in his office?
Andrew Jackson
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Where was John Jay at the time of the Convention?
Europe
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Who was President of the Convention?
George Washington
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Who thought that 19 times in 20 the House of Representative will pick the President?
George Mason
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Madison lost in…
Philadelphia
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Madison won in…
New York
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The Conventions most important deals are struck in…
late evenings in taverns.
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Who was seen as backstabbers to Madison?
Benjamin Franklin and Abraham Baldwin
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What embedded slavery into the Constitution?
The Great Compromise
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The House of Representatives was formed with ___ members.
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What created a bicameral legislature?
3/5 compromise
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Slaves were imported until?
1808
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Impeachment had been on the table as the most astonishing in which branch of government?
The executive
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The wisdom of the Convention was to have a chief executive similar to a _________ in a parliamentary system 
prime minister
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Who thought the president ought perhaps to have a “quantum of property” worth at least one hundred thousand dollars?
Charles Pickney
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How many more slaves were imported between 1788 and 1808?
80,000
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Who were the 3 non signers of the Constitution?
Gerry of Massachusetts, Mason of Virginia, and Randolph 
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The Constitution got ___ signatures out of 41.
38
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Who was the first attorney general for George Washington
Edmund Randolph
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Where did James Madison views change the most?
On horseback in the hills and mountains.
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Why did Thomas Jefferson think he would be impeached?
Louisiana Purchase
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What states were dead set against debt setting?
Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina and Maryland
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George W Bush used his first veto is what year?
2005