Amendments
This protects your right from double jeopardy.
What is the fifth amendment?
Harming someone's reputation by speaking lies.
What is slander?
In the United States we have ___cameral government; which means that there are two houses in Congress to represent the people equally.
What is bicameral?
Under article ____, the Constitution states that congress: is the legislative body of government, congress can draft and pass legislation, and can borrow money.
What is article I?
This party believed in a strong central government.
What are the Federalists?
Under this amendment you have the right to an attorney and a speedy and public trial.
What is the sixth amendment?
The government must follow legal procedures.
What is Due Process of Law?
The Bill of Rights attached to the first state constitutions included ideas that could be traced to this document. M_______ C______
what is Magna Carta?
Article ____ makes the Constitution the "supreme law of the land"
What is Article VI?
This party demanded the inclusion of the Bill of Rights before signing the constitution
What are the Anti-Federalists?
Thanks to this amendment you have a right to a trial by jury in all CIVIL cases.
What is the 7th amendment?
The government can take your private property thanks to this power under the fifth amendment.
What is Eminent Domain?
This tests an applicants ability to read, write and speak English. C________ E_______
What is the citizenship exam?
Under this compromise, the Constitution made it so an enslaved person would count as _________
What is 3/5 of a person?
James Madison drafted the V________ P________ which recommended an entirely new form of government with 3 branches (executive, a judiciary, and a legislature).
What is the Virginia Plan?
This amendment original purpose was to provide recently freed African Americans with citizenship.
What is the 14th amendment?
Persuading someone to do something by using force or threats.
What is coercion?
Today the U.S. has a ________ system of government, with power shared by the state governments and central/federal government.
What is Federal system?
BEFORE the constitution, the United States government was set up under the _________ of ___________. Which allowed the United States to make an army and trade with foreign nations/sign treaties in order to fight the British!
What is the Articles of Confederation?
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay explained why they supported the new Constitution in a series of articles known as T_______ F__________ P___________.
What are The Federalists Papers
If this amendment was taken away, you could be tortured or executed!
What is the 8th amendment?
The government is of the people and represents its voice is the definition of this word. p_________ s________
What is popular sovereignty?
Before it was a federal government, the United States was known as a c___________; which means states were relatively independent.
What is confederation?
Under the new constitution, a president would be voted in by E_________ C_________
What is electoral college?
Proposed by Roger Sherman, The G__________ C__________ called for a two-house Congress (the senate and the House of Representatives. This appealed to both small states and large states.
What is The Great Compromise