The Beginnings
In May 1787, delegates met in Philadelphia with the initial goal of revising this first governing document of the United States
What is the Article of Confederation?
The was the most important power the federal government did not have under the Articles of Confederation.
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What is levy or collect taxes?
The Supreme Court has referenced this Amendment as part of the constitutional foundation supporting personal privacy from government intrusion.
What is the 3rd Amendment?
This Amendment establishes that any powers not given to the federal government by the Constitution, nor kept from the states, belong to the states or the people.
What is the 10th Amendment?
The minimum age requirement to run for the House of Representatives is _________ while in the Senate it is __________.
What is 25 and 30?
They preferred to revise the Articles of Confederation.
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The president's powers of; commanding the military, vetoing bills, making treaties, appointing officials, and granting pardons are listed in this article of the constitution.
*must say number and title of article
What is Article Two: Executive Branch?
This English philosopher argued that people form a social contract to protect their natural rights of life, liberty, and property, and if the government breaks that contract, the people have the right to rebel.
Who is John Locke?
What is the 3/5th Compromise?
A city decides that anyone caught littering must be placed in a public cage without food or water for three days in the hot sun.
What amendment?
What is the 8th Amendment?
The amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1913, changed the selection of U.S. senators from appointments by state legislatures to a direct popular vote by the citizens of each state.
What is the 17th Amendment?
U.S. House representatives serve _______________ terms to stay closely tied to the daily concerns of ordinary vote
What is two-years?
The preferred to get rid of the Articles of Confederation and write and new Constitution.
Who are the Federalists?
This is the power of the Supreme Court to declare laws or government actions unconstitutional
What is Judicial Review?
Fearing a repeat of King George III's rule, the Founding Fathers intentionally created this weak first constitution of the United States.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This 1787 agreement, developed by Roger Sherman solved a major dispute at the Constitutional Convention by creating a two-house legislature with equal votes in one chamber and population-based seats in the other.
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What is the Great Compromise (Connecticut )?
John is accused of stealing a car. A jury is picked and sworn in, and the trial happens. The jury finds John "not guilty". Two weeks later, police find a security video showing John clearly stealing the car. The prosecutor cannot file new charges or put John on trial again for that car theft, even with the new proof.
What Amendment makes this possible?
What is the 5th Amendment?
The primary reason for this system in the U.S. government is to prevent any single branch from gaining absolute power or becoming tyrannical.
What is Checks and Balances?
The framers designed this upper house of Congress to be less responsive to the immediate passions of the public by granting members six-year terms and initially having them chosen by state legislatures.
What is the Senate?
They wanted a strong central government that held more power than individual state governments
Who are the Federalists?
More than ________________ amendments have been proposed in Congress, but only 27 have been successfully ratified into the U.S. Constitution.
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What is 11,000?
To prevent any single branch or central entity from seizing absolute power, the Founders relied heavily on this political philosophy of distributing governance.
What is Separation of Powers?
The clash over representation between these states was arguably the most heated debate at the 1787 Constitutional Convention, threatening to derail the entire proceeding.
What is Small (New Jersey Plan) and Large (Virginia Plan) states?
Oklahoma passes a law that bans people from choosing their own career path or traveling freely between states.
What amendment does this law violate?
What is the 9th Amendment?
Under the Tenth Amendment, powers not delegated to the federal government by the Constitution are reserved for these entities.
What are State Powers?
The U.S. president serves a ________________ term because the framers of the Constitution chose it as a balance between giving the executive enough time to govern and preventing a monarchy
What is four-year?
This armed uprising of indebted farmers and Revolutionary War veterans in western Massachusetts (1786–1787 acted as the ultimate wake-up call for the young United States. It exposed the fatal weaknesses of the national government under the Articles of Confederation and directly catalyzed the Constitutional Convention.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution contains this clause, also known as the "Elastic Clause" which has expanded congressional power over time by granting Congress broad implied powers beyond its explicitly listed, enumerated authorities.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
In the American political context, John Locke's conception of inalienable rights and the legitimacy of the social contract found its most explicit statement in the United States document.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The Federalist Papers were written to convince the public and these state delegates to ratify the new United States Constitution.
What is New York State?
Arthur Dent is accused of stealing a luxury, gold-dusted gourmet donut from an upscale bakery in downtown Austin. The bakery owner claims Arthur was the masked thief, but Arthur swears he was at a local library the whole time. Arthur doesn’t have to sit in a jail cell for five years waiting for his day in court. Because Arthur can't afford a private attorney to fight this corporate bakery's high-priced legal team, the court appoints a public defender to represent him and build his defense.
Which amendment would best fit this scenario?
What is the 6th Amendment?
This issue was a major dividing point at the Constitutional Convention in 1887 because southern delegates threatened to walk out and form a separate nation if this was banned or made illegal.
What is the Slave trade?
The framers of the Constitution specifically designed the House as the "_____________________"—the part of government intended to reflect the immediate passions and direct will of the citizenry
What is the "People's House?
They wanted a decentralized, confederated type of government that kept the bulk of political power rooted in the individual state governments
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
The clause is found in Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution and requires each state to respect the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state
What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?