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Chapter 2 – Origins of American Government TERMS & NAMES GAME Hosted by Mrs. Romero

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Chapter 2 – Origins of American Government TERMS & NAMES GAME Hosted by Mrs. Romero

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  1. Jeopardy Chapter 2 – Origins of American Government TERMS & NAMES GAME Hosted by Mrs. Romero

  2. Beginnings Independence The Articles The Constitution 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500

  3. Row 1, Col 1 What is a charter? A written grant of authority from the king.

  4. 1,2 What are delegates? A vocabulary term meaning representatives.

  5. 1,3 What is ratification? Formal approval

  6. 1,4 Who are the Framers? The group of delegates who attended the Philadelphia Convention.

  7. 2,1 What is bicameral? A two-house legislature.

  8. 2,2 What is repealed? A vocabulary term that means withdrawn or cancelled.

  9. 2,3 What are the Articles of Confederation? The first document written to establish an American gov’t.

  10. 2,4 What is the Virginia Plan? This plan called for a bicameral legislature and representation was by population and/or wealth

  11. 3,1 What is unicameral? One-house legislature

  12. 3,2 What is popular sovereignty? The idea that government can only exist with the consent of the governed.

  13. 3,3 What is one weakness of the Articles of Confederation? The idea that Congress did not have the power to tax.

  14. 3,4 What is the New Jersey Plan? This plan provided for a unicameral legislature with equal representation for all states

  15. 4,1 What are the basic concepts of government? The idea that governments should be ordered, limited, and representative.

  16. 4,2 What is a confederation? The joining of several groups for a common purpose.

  17. 4,3 What is one of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? The idea that there was no National court system

  18. 4,4 What is the Three-Fifths Compromise? This compromise assisted with the debate of how slaves were to be counted in the population.

  19. 5,1 What are charter colonies? Colonies were either proprietary, royal, or this.

  20. 5,2 What is the First Continental Congress? After this event, the Battle of Lexington and Concord happened.

  21. 5,3 What is the Connecticut Compromise? The agreement that Congress would be composed of two houses.

  22. 5,4 What are the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise? The Southerners insisted on this compromise (2).

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