The delegates decided that for every 5 slaves, would count as three in the population.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
100
States the goals and purposes of the government.
What is the Preamble?
100
Popular Sovereignty
Limited government and the rule of law
Separation of powers
Checks and balances
Federalism
What are the 5 basic principles when creating the Constitution?
100
A group of individuals or state governments.
What is a confederation?
200
Needed all 13 states to change to Articles of Confederation.
What is a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
200
Two house legislative branch, representation based on population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
200
They describe the way the government is set up.
What are the articles?
200
Concurrent powers.
What are powers shared by the state and federal governments?
200
A law that set up a plan for surveying western lands; this method is still used today.
What is the Ordinance of 1785?
300
A plan for adding stated into the union, it also ended slavery in the northwest territory.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
300
One house, each state gets one vote.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
300
These are additions and changes to the Constitution.
What are the amendments?
300
Reserved powers.
What are powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states?
300
The opening section of the Constitution.
What is the Preamble?
400
Many delegates wanted a stronger federal government after (blank).
What is Shays's Rebellion?
400
People who supported the new constitution.
Who were the Federalist?
400
Articles 1-3 out of the 7 articles.
What are the three branches of government? (Legislative, Executive, and Judicial).
400
Enumerated powers.
What are powers granted directly to the national government by the Constitution; another name for expressed powers?
400
A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses.
What is bicameral?
500
Most state constitutions contained a bill, or list, of rights.
What is the Bill of Rights?
500
Most Anti-Federalist changed their minds when the delegates promised to add a (blank).
What is the Bill of Rights?
500
Step 1: propose and amendment by ⅔ of Congress or ⅔ of the State Legislative Branches.
Step 2: Ratify= ¾ of the State Legislative Branch or Conventions must approve.
What are the steps of amending the Constitution?
500
States that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
500
A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president.