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James Madison developed this plan for a federal system of government
What is the Virginia Plan?
Representatives from Northern states prioritized this over banning slavery
What is writing the Constitution/the country/the United States?
This freedom is granted by the second amendment
What is the right to bear arms?
What is the Supreme Court?
This word means "the first example of something" George Washington set a lot of them as our first President.
What is precedent?
Roger Sherman offered this deal to split the legislative branch into a Congress that had two parts
What is the Virginia Plan?
Name 2 ways the Constitution protected the institution of Slavery
What are the three-fifths compromise, prohibiting congress from outlawing slavery for 20 years, a fugitive slave clause, and power to put down domestic rebellions?
Officials need this in order to search someone's private property.
What is a warrant?
This term means "a type of political organization where power is distributed between a central government and states or provinces"
What is federalism?
This principle was the main idea of Washington's farewell address
What is neutrality?
This topic was NOT mentioned in the Constitution for fears of discrediting the document
What is slavery?
This group of 10 amendments were specifically made to provide individual-rights protections.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This word meaning "beyond the usual, necessary or proper limit or degree" appears in Amendment 8
What is excessive?
This term is used to describe a government in which each separate branch can check or limit the power of the other branches
What are Checks and Balances?
Hamilton preferred to place power with this group
Who are the elite (rich)?
A lot of states wanted to keep the unlimited continuation of the transatlantic slave trade. Name 3
What are VA, SC, NC, MD and GA?
This man wrote the Bill of Rights and later would become President.
Who is James Madison?
Matches the branches of government to their Articles in the Consitution
What is Article I = Legislative, Article II = Executive and Article III = Judiciary?
This phrase refers to making sure that no one branch becomes too strong.
What is separation of powers?
Jefferson preferred to trust and believe in this group.
Who are the masses (regular people)?
Thomas Jefferson blamed this person for the continuation of the slave trade.
Who is King George III?
These are the 5 freedoms granted by the first amendment
What are religion, speech, press, assembly and petition the government?
In Congress there are ___ Senators and ___ Representatives
What is 100 and 435?
George Washington created a cabinet that serves to advise the president. His first 3 departments were the departments of _____, ______ and ______.
What are State, War and Treasury.
This group supported property requirement for voting because they believed that only property owners had a real stake in government.
Who are Federalists?