Constitutional Convention
What is the name of the meeting where the U.S. delegates wrote the Constitution?
The Great Compromise
What is Federalism?
A system where power is shared between national and state governments.
How many goals are listed in the Preamble?
Six
What is an Amendment?
An addition to the Constitution
What are the three branches of government?
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
3 out of 5 slaves were counted toward a state's population for representation
What groups of people tended to be Anti-Federalists?
Farmers, factory workers, low income people, lived in rural areas
What are the first three words of the Preamble?
We the people...
What right does the second amendment guarantee?
The right to bear arms
What is the main job of the Legislative branch?
To make laws
Did the Virginia Plan include equal or proportional representation?
Proportional
Did federalists support or oppose the constitution?
Support
What does it mean to “form a more perfect union”?
To make a better country
What five rights are guaranteed by the First Amendment?
Speech, religion, press, peacefully assemble, petition
What is the main job of the Executive branch?
To enforce laws
What resolved the arguments between the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plans?
The Great Compromise
Did a Federalist or Anti-Federalist say this quote?: “Our state governments should be the guardians of our rights and interests.”
Anti-Federalist
What does it mean to "establish Justice"?
For no apparent reason, the police stopped Ms. Uribe while she was driving and began to search through her car trunk and purse. Is this a violation of rights? Which amendment?
4th amendment
What is the main job of the Judicial branch?
How many houses of Congress did the Great Compromise establish? Was representation equal or proportional?
Two houses. House of Reps is proportional and Senate is equal.
Federalists
What does it mean to "secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity"?
Protect individual freedoms for both the current generation and all future generations
During peacetime the army ordered the residents of Vacaville to house its soldiers. Which amendment does this violate?
3rd amendment
Veto laws