Vocabulary
To make minor changes to a text
Amending
Who was being counted as three-fifths of a person in the three-fifths compromise?
Slaves
Who supported a strong national government and ratifying the constitution?
Federalists or Anti-federalist
Federalists
Some of the writers of the Constitution feared that the President would become too powerful.
Which principle insures that this cannot happen?
Checks and Balances
Which amendment allows for people to practice many different religions freely in the United States?
First: Freedom of religion
Cruel and oppressive government rule
tyranny
Who had more slaves, the northern or southern states?
Southern
Who supported a weak national government and wanted to protect individual rights with a Bill of Rights?
Federalists or Anti-federalist
Anti-Federalists
By limited government, what is being protected?
Individual Rights
Which of the amendments from the Bill of Rights helps ensure that citizens are well informed?
Hint: How do people stay informed?
1st: Freedom of the press
a national legislative or law making body
Congress
The Great compromise brought together the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan. These plans were about how what would be decided in the new government?
Representation
The Federalists and Anti-Federalists finally agreed on the Constitution after the inclusion of what?
The Bill of Rights
In which two principles do the people carry the power of the government through voting for elected representatives?
Popular sovereignty
Republicanism
Which amendment protects against unreasonable search a seizure?
Hint: You need a warrant to search my house
Fourth Amendment: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.
sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid.
ratify
New Jersey plan wanted each state to get two representatives while the Virginia Plan wanted to count representatives based on population. The Great Compromise settled this by doing what?
Having both.
House of Representatives: by population
Senate: 2 per state
What were anti-federalists trying to protect with the Bill of Rights?
Individual Rights
"For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever . . .” Declaration of Independence
This grievance was fixed by the creation of what in our government?
An elected congress
"For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us," — Declaration of Independence, 1776
Which amendment fixed this grievance?
Three- No quartering troops
has the power to make laws for the whole country. Synonyms: national government, federal government
Central government
What were two major differences that caused the need for a three-fifths compromise and the Great Compromise?
States with large populations vs small populations
Slave states vs Free States
Name either a Federalist or an Anti-Federalist.
Federalists: Alexander Hamilton and James Madison
Anti-Federalists: George Mason and Patrick Henry
"No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned . . . or exiled or in any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him nor send upon him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land." — Magna Carta, 1215
Which American idea, established in the Bill of Rights, did the excerpt above influence?
Trial by Jury
"For depriving us in many cases of the benefits of trial by jury..." -Declaration of Independence
Which amendment fixes this grievance?
Fifth: Due process
Sixth: Speedy and Fair Trial
Seventh: Trial by jury in civil cases