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The Constitutional Debate
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Potpourri
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This ruler instituted excessive commodity taxation, which angered the colonists.
Who is King George III
100
Before the constitution, and after the Revolutionary War, this was the country’s first experiment with democracy and came in the form of a confederacy.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
100
This amendment guarantees the right to freedom of speech, religion, the press, and to assemble peacefully in order to partition the government for redress.
What is the First Amendment?
100
This amendment grants women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
100
A form of government where states hold most of the power and devolve a limited amount to a central government
What is a confederacy?
200
This body was the initial governing authority over the Revolutionary War and other common affairs of the thirteen independent states
What is the Continental Congress?
200
This plan favored small states. It called for states to have equal representation, regardless of size.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
200
This amendment protects rights not specifically enumerated by the Constitution.
What is the Ninth Amendment?
200
This Amendment freed slaves.
What is the 13th Amendment?
200
Governmental structure in which authority is divided among branches, with each holding separate and independent powers and areas of reasonability
What is separation of powers?
300
He was commissioned to write Common Sense to try and sway the colonists opinion about independence.
Who is Thomas Paine?
300
This was the compromise that was ultimately decided upon, which gave Congress a bicameral legislature with the upper house having equal representation for all states, and the lower house having proportional representation for all states.
What is the Connecticut Compromise?
300
This amendment guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial, the right to trial by an impartial jury, and the right to be informed of criminal charges among other things.
What is the Sixth Amendment?
300
The two amendments dealing with prohibition of alcohol.
What are the 18th and 21st Amendments?
300
A system of government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between national and state governments
What is federalism?
400
In this document's introduction, the following ideas are listed: equality of humanity, unalienable rights from Creator, governance by consent of people, and that people have the right to abolish & replace government.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
400
This plan wanted proportional representation in Congress for states.
What is the Virginia Plan?
400
This amendment guards against unreasonable searches and seizures, along with requiring any warrant to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
400
This amendment prohibits the federal government and the states from using a citizen's race, color, or previous status as a slave as a qualification for voting.
What is the 15th amendment?
400
This term, meaning interest group, was discussed at length by Madison in Federalist 10.
What is a faction?
500
This group of people were specifically involved in the writing of the Constitution.
Who were the framers of the Constitution?
500
This compromise settled the dispute between the northern and southern states.
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
500
This amendment protects against double jeopardy and self-incrimination and guarantees the rights to due process, grand jury screening of criminal indictments, and compensation for the seizure of private property under eminent domain.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
500
This amendment makes it unlawful for Congress to pass pay raises for the current Congress (themselves), instead they may pass pay raises for the next Congress.
What is the 27th Amendment?
500
This is a system of federalism in which the national government has basically every power.
What is a unitary system?
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