The Amendments
This amendment protects Americans from the government establishing an official religion.
What is the 1st Amendment?
The city in which the Constitutional Convention was held
What is Philadelphia, PA?
The President has this right if they do not agree with a bill that comes across their desk
What is the right to veto?
The main purpose of the Legislative Branch
What is writing laws?
The first ten amendments of the Constituion
What is the Bill of Rights?
This amendment established the right to bear arms
What is the 2nd Amendment?
This man was known as the "Father of the Constitution."
Who was James Madison?
The Supreme Court case that established the principle of Judicial Review
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The basic constitutional principle that argues the government's power comes from the people
What is popular sovereignty?
There are this many amendments to the US Constitution currently
What is 27?
This amendment gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment?
This is also known as the "Big State Plan"
What is the Virginia Plan?
Those powers that both the national government and the states possess and exercise
What are concurrent/shared powers?
Those powers, expressed, implied, or inherent, granted to the national government by the Constitution
What are delegated/federal powers?
The first constitution-style document in the United States in force from March 1, 1781 until 1789
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This amendment set a limit on presidential terms
What is the 22nd Amendment?
This appeased both slave states and non-slave states, as it allowed slaves to be counted for a portion of their state's population for representation purposes.
Maintaining a military, declaring war, coining money, regulating foreign trade, and making treaties are all examples of this
What are federal/delegated powers?
Those powers that the Constitution does not grant to the national government and does not deny to the states
What are reserved/state powers?
The first three words of the US Constitution
What is "We the People"?
This amendment prevents unlawful searches and seizures
What is the 4th Amendment?
Alexander Hamilton belonged to this group during the Constitutional Convention
What are the Federalists?
Conducting elections, establishing schools, and regulating marriage and divorce are all examples of this
What are state/reserved powers?
Enforcing laws, establishing courts, borrowing money, securing the population, building infrastructure, collecting taxes, and making laws are all and example of this
What are shared/concurrent powers?
Powers that are not directly stated in the Constitution but are assumed to be available based on previously stated powers (examples: creation of the IRS, the ability to use a military draft to raise an army, setting a national minimum wage, etc.)
What are implied powers?