The act of splitting legislative, judicial, and executive into separate bodies
What is separation of powers
100
A set of basic principles for government: outlines the structure of government and the laws of the land
What is constitution
100
What was America's first constitution?
What is Articles of Confederation
100
What took place in June of 1776?
What is drafting the Declaration of Independence
100
How many amendments does the Bill of Rights include?
What is TEN
200
Rights that cannot be taken away
What is individual rights
200
How many branches of government did the US Constitution set up?
What is 3 (legislative, executive, & judicial)
200
Why did the Continental Congress scrap the Articles of Confederation?
What is the federal government is to weak
200
What are the three branches of the government?
What is legislative, executive, & judicial
200
What is mean to ratify something?
What is approve
300
A government created and subject to the will of the people
What is Popular Sovereignty
300
What branch interprets the laws?
What is judicial
300
What group set out to rewrite the constitution in 1787?
What is Continental Congress
300
What fraction of the slave population was to count towards a states proportional representation?
What is 3/5
300
What type of government only has the power granted to it in the constitution?
What is LIMITED government
400
The distribution of power between the state and federal government.
What is Federalism
400
What branch makes the laws?
What is legislative
400
What was debated at the Constitutional Convention?
What is Distribution of Power & Rights of Individuals
400
What compromise set up a senate and house of representatives?
What is the Great Compromise
400
A belief that the head of a government must adhere to the will of the people
What is republicanism
500
Setting up a government where no one body has all the power.
What is Checks & Balances
500
What branch enacts and enforces the laws?
What is executive
500
What two types of representation were discussed at the constitutional convention?
What is equal and proportional
500
List a right granted in the Bill of Rights
What is Freedom of Religion & Expression, Bear Arms, Quartering Soldiers, Unreasonable search and seizures, Jury Trial, Unfair Fines & Punishment, & Other rights not listed
500
Where are individual rights listed in the Constitution?