Unit 1: Constitutional Basics

issues that are particular to one specific party

• partisan

• bipartisan

• nonpartisan

The distribution of power between a federal government and the states within a union. Power is divided between states and federal government.

• Federalism

• Nationalism

• Republicanism

• Checks and Balances

The ________________'s purpose is to spell out the rights of citizens.

• Magna Carta

• Constitution

• Monroe Doctrine

• Roosevelt Corollary

included Alexander Hamilton and John Jay and James Madison

• Federalist

• Anti-Federalist

wanted a strong central government

• Federalist

• Anti-Federalist

included Sam Adams and Thomas Jefferson

• Federalist

• Anti-Federalist

wanted a Bill of Rights added to the Constituion

• Federalist

• Anti-Federalist

Which of the following documents did we NOT discuss concerning English Common Law?

• Monroe Doctrine

• Magna Carta

• Petition of Rights

• English Bill of Rights

The Virginia Plan : More Populated States :: New Jersey : _____________

• slaveholding states

• less populous states

• split bicameral legislature

• a strong central government

What do we call the final resolution that was created over legislative representation?

• The Virginia Plan

• The New Jersey Plan

• The Great Compromise

• The Articles of Confederation