DRAFTING THE CONSTITUTION
Each slave was counted as three-fifths of a person for determining a state's level of taxation and representation in the House of Representatives
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise
The opening sentence of the U.S Constitution
What is the preamble
Outlawed slavery in the U.S
What is the Thirteenth Amendment
What are our 3 branches of govt.?
What is legislative branch, executive branch, and judicial branch
Most of the Enlightenment thinker were....
What is Deists
Allowed Congress to regulate interstate and foreign commerce
What is the Commercial Compromise
What is limited government?
What is the govt. with defined restrictions to its power
Forbid the govt. from enacting "cruel and unusual" punishments
What is the Eighth Amendment
Responsible for executing (carrying out) the country's laws
What is the Executive Branch
Americans became attracted to a literary, philosophical moment in Europe
What is the Enlightenment
Series of 85 essays written by James Madison and Alexander Hamilton
What is the Federalist Papers
"We the people"
What is the government was established by the people of the U.S.
The First Amendment guarantees (5)
What is freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
Lawmaking branch of govt.
What is the Legislative Branch
Saw humans as naturally selfish and violent
Who is Thomas Hobbes
What was the 9th state to ratify the Constitution?
What is New Hampshire
Court and justice system that are fair to all
What is to Establish justice
Granted the right to vote to American women
What is the Nineteenth Amendment
Each branch has powers that check (limit) the powers of the other two branches
What is a System of Checks and Balances
People agree to give up some rights in exchange for what's best for the general will
What is the Social Contract (1762)
After 17 weeks of debate, Philadelphia convention approved a draft of the Constitution
What is September 17, 1787
Goals of the Constitution (6)
What is
1. To form a more perfect union
2. Establish justice
3. Insure domestic tranquility
4. Provide for the common defense
5. Promote the general welfare
6. Secure the blessings of liberty
What is the right to vote?
What is suffrage
Why are there 3 branches of government?
What is the Constitution designed to prevent any person, or part of govt. from taking too much power.
Govt. is supreme, but bound to follow "natural" rights human beings have
What is the Two Treatises of Government