Articles of Confederation
This word means to approve in an official way.
Ratify
This word means a plan of government.
Constitution
The Bill of Rights is made up of the first ten of these, or small additions/changes to a document.
Amendments
This is the number of branches that the United States government has.
Three Branches
Government lacked the power to raise these under the Articles of Confederation.
Taxes
At the Constitutional Convention, this war hero was unanimously voted to be the President of the convention.
George Washington
DOUBLE JEOPARDY:
The purpose of the Bill of Rights was to secure basic ___________ (rights or privileges) that were protected by law.
Liberties
The founders created a system of government with three branches. The harmony between branches is supposed to be maintained by a systems of
checks and balances
How many states (out of 13) did it take to pass a law under the Articles of Confederation?
9 out of the 13 states.
This was the compromise that touched on the issue of slavery and representation in the 13 states, which created a specific fraction for all enslaved people.
The 3/5's Compromise
This is the amendment that protects a person from incriminating themselves.
The Fifth Amendment
The President of the United States appointed a new justice for the Supreme Court. This is an example of a check of what branch over what other branch?
Executive over Judicial
At the Philadelphia Convention, what did the founding fathers decide to replace the Articles of Confederation with?
U.S. Constitution
DOUBLE JEOPARDY:
The Great Compromise created this type of legislative branch.
Bicameral
Congress passes a law that many people disagree with. They raise their voices in protest in front of the congress. Which amendment are they using from the Bill of Rights?
The First Amendment
This is the branch that can declare laws or executive orders as unconstitutional.
Judicial Branch
This is the type of right that colonists wanted to protect when they created their new government.
Natural Rights
This is the term that is used to describe the sharing of power between state and national governments, an idea that is seen throughout the U.S. Constitution.
Federalism
The Bill of Rights was something that this group wanted during the Constitutional Convention, which was opposite of what their counterparts, the Federalists, wanted.
Anti-Federalists
If the Legislative Branch passes a law that the Executive Branch does not like, the Executive branch has the power to
Veto the law