Taxes were imposed on the colonists to pay for the costs of England's defense of the colonies during the ________________ and __________________ ________________.
Back
Checks and Balances
Front
The U.S. Constitution attempts to prevent any single branch of government from becoming too powerful through a system of ___________________ and ______________________.
Back
James Madison
Front
______________ _________________ is considered the author or "master builder" of the U.S. Constitution.
Back
Republic
Front
A __________ is a government in which decisions are made through representatives of the people.
Back
Popular Sovereignty
Front
The concept that the citizens are the ultimate source of political power is called _______________ ___________________.
Back
Daniel Shays
Front
______________ ______________ of Pelham, Massachusetts led a populist uprising against debt collectors and tax agents from 1786-1787.
Back
Great Compromise
Front
The _________________ ________________________ at the Constitutional Convention resolved the issue of representation in the two chambers of the U.S. Congress.
Back
Government
Front
A system or organization for exercising authority over a body of people is called ____________.
Back
representative democracy
Front
The Constitution created a ____________________ ________________ in which the people elect representatives to govern in their name.
Back
Williams Few
Front
11. Born in Baltimore County, Maryland, ________________ _________________, would serve Georgia as a delegate at the U.S. Constitution Convention as well as serving as one of the state's first ever U.S. Senators from 1789-1793.
Back
politics
Front
According to Harold Lasswell, _______________________ is the process by which competing interests determine who gets what, when, and how" in society.
Back
social democracy
Front
A ______________________ _____________________is a hybrid system that combines a socialist economy and a government that supports equality.
Back
3/5
Front
After much debate, the U.S. Constitution specified that slaves would count as ______________________-___________________ of a person for the purpose of representation in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Back
John Locke
Front
_______________ was an important philosopher who advocated both
natural rights and a social contract with the governed.
Back
constitutional
Front
_____________________ government is government according to the rule of a basic or fundamental law.
Back
Bill Of Rights
Front
Many Anti-Federalists demanded that the U.S. Constitution add a ____________ of ______________, in order to protect the citizens.
Back
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay
Front
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name the authors.