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What is Shays' Rebellion?
This event, caused by farmers in Massachusetts, caused key leaders to deem that the Articles of Confederation were too weak.
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What are the Anti-Federalists?
This group wrote Brutus I.
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Who is Donald Trump?
This is our current head of state and government.
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What is devolution?
This is a method of returning power to the states.
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What is the Declaration of Independence?
This document stated that "all men are created equal."
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What is a confederation?
This type of state encourages decentralization of power, as established in the Articles of Confederation.
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What are the Anti-Federalists?
This group believed that the Constitution should have a "Bill of Rights."
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What is the presidency?
This office also holds power of commander-in-chief.
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What are block grants?
This type of grant gives states control on how they spend their government-issued funding.
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What is the three-fifths compromise?
This compromise alleviated the problem, between the North and South, for slaves and their taxation and representation.
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What is an agreement?
This is a requirement for all states in order to pass an amendment.
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What are the Anti-Federalists?
This group was led by Patrick Henry and George Mason.
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What are checks and balances?
This term describes the system of preventing over-empowerment among the three branches.
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What is the Tenth Amendment?
This amendment calls for reserved powers.
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What is the elastic clause?
This clause emphasizes the loose construction/interpretation of the Constitution.
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What is unicameral?
This term describes Congress, as having a single legislative house.
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What is Federalist 51?
This Federalist paper advocates for the "Checks and Balances" system.
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What is bicameral?
This term describes Congress, as having a double legislative house.
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What is dual federalism or layer cake federalism?
This type of federalism has a distinct agreement between state control and government control.
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What is the Connecticut Compromise?
This compromise created the current bicameral congress where the House is based on population and the Senate has equal representation.
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What is commerce?
Congress did not have power to regulate or promote this among the states.
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Who are Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay?
This/These individual(s) wrote the Federalist Papers.
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What is a President Pro Tempore?
This official presides over the absence of the Vice President in the Senate.
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What is cooperative federalism or marble cake federalism?
This type of federalism allows national, state, and local governments to work together to complete projects.
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What is US v. Lopez?
This court case ruled that a local gun violation is not an interstate commerce issue, as it wasn’t relevant to economics between states.
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