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| What were the five weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? | Provided a weak national government, Congress had no power to tax or regulate commerce among the states, no common currency, each state had only one vote, and no executive or judicial branch. |
| What is a federal system of government? | A system that divides governmental powers between national and state governments. |
| What was the structure of the new national government based on? | The Virginia PLan |
| What are the Bill of Rights? | The first ten amendments of the Constitution. |
| What did the Virginia Plan do? | It called for three branches of government. |
| What is the head of the legislative branch? | Congress |
| What does the legislative branch do? | Makes the laws |
| What is Congress? | It is a two-house legislature in which all states are represented. |
| How many senators are from each state? | Two from each state |
| How many representatives are from each state? | The number of represnetatives is based on the state's population. |
| What is the head of the judicial branch? | The Supreme Court |
| What does the judicial branch do? | It determines if laws made by Congress are consitutional. |
| Who is the head of the executive branch? | The president |
| What does the executive branch do? | It carries out the laws. |
| How can each branch of government check the power of the other? | With the checks and balances system. |
| What do the "checks and balances" do? | The checks keep any one branch from gaining too much power. |
| Who was the author of the Bill of Rights? | James Madison |
| What did the Bill of Rights do? | They guaranteed individual rights. |
| Who was Alexander Hamilton? | He was the leader of the Federalists party. |
| Which party favored strong national government? | Federalists |
| Which party favored limits on states' powers? | Federalists |
| Which party favored development of industry on a national scale and a national bank? | Federalists |
| Who was the leader of the Democratic Republicans? | Thomas Jefferson |
| Which party favored a weak national government, small businesses, and farmers? | Democratic Republicans |
| Which party supported states' powers and opposed a national bank? | Democratic Republican |
| Of the first five presidents, which one was not a Virginian? | John Adams |
| Who established the first court system? | George Washington |
| Who were the first five presidents? | George Washington, John Adams,Thomas Jefferson,James Madison, and James Monroe |
| Political parties grew out of the disagreements between which two leaders? | Alexander Hamiliton and Thomas Jefferson |
| What was added to the constitution? | The Bill of Rights |
| Plans for the development of the national captial were initiated under which president? | George Washington |
| Who was Benjamin Banneker? | He was an African American astronomer and surveyor, who helped complete the design for Washington, D.C. |
| A two-party system emerged during which president's administration? | John Adams |
| Who bought Louisiana from France? | Thomas Jefferson |
| Who sent Lewis and Clark to explore the new land west of the Mississippi River? | Thomas Jefferson |
| Who was president during the War of 1812? | James Madison |
| What caused European nations to gain respect for the United States? | The War of 1812 |
| Who wrote the Monroe Doctrine | James Monroe |
| What warned European nations not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere? | The Monroe Doctrine |
