You Can't Change Me
This is how many amendments there are to the Constitution
What is 27
Before the Constitution was the Articles of Confederation. The articles were weak because...
What is little power to tax
The President may use this over laws passed by Congress
What is the Veto
This compromise created a two-house legislature
What is the Great Compromise (Or Connecticut Compromise)
This phrase means that the government gets its power from the people
This amendment guarantees freedom of religion
What is the first amendment
These are powers shared by state and federal governments
What are concurrent powers
This branch has the power to declare war
What is the Legislative
This plan proposed representation based on population
What is the Virgnia Plan
This is the type of democracy that we have in the United States
What is representative
This amendment abolished slavery
What is the 13th
This is required to ratify a new Constitutional amendment
What is a 2/3rds Congress Vote (and 3/4ths of states vote)
This is the power to declare laws unconstitutional
What is judicial review
This compromise proposed balanced representation between large and small states
What is the Great Compromise
These are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights
This amendment gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th
This was created to explain the goals of our government
What is the Preamble
What is 2/3rds vote in both houses of Congress
What is the Full Faith & Credit Clause
What is a proprietary colony
This amendment protects against self-incrimination?
What is the 5th
These two men were the main authors of the Constitution & the Declaration of Independence
James Madison, Thomas Jefferson
This is a court order requiring a person to be brought before a judge
What is habeas corpus
This clause states that federal law is the highest law in the land
What is the Supremacy Clause
What is the Enlightenment