Amendments
The first amendment defends the right to:
Freedom of speech, religion, and press
A constitution is a document stating:
the rules a government will follow to operate
The executive runs the government and:
sees that laws are carried out
An economic depression is a period when _______________, __________________, and ____________________.
Business slows, prices and wages drop, and unemployment rises
A compromise is an agreement in which:
both sides give up something they want
The one part of the New Jersey plan that did not get accepted was:
One-house Congress
The first Congress passed a set of 10 amendments to the constitution, known as:
The Bill of Rights
The Judicial branch determined:
How the law would be followed/How the law would be interpreted
The main cause of Shay's Rebellion in 1786 was:
Economic Depression
Anti-federalists believed that strong federal government:
would threaten state rights and individual freedoms
George Washington's Vice president was:
_________ was the first state to include a Bill of Rights in it's constitution
Virginia
federalists believed that 3 branches of government:
would keep each part from becoming too strong
The Senate held __ senators from each state who served __-year terms. (numbers)
2, 6
The only state before the 19th amendment that allowed women to vote was:
New Jersey
The __ amendment protects citizens from unreasonable search and seizure.
4th
11 out of 13 states wrote a new constitution. Two states, ___________ and ____________ kept their charters but removed references to the king.
Rhode Island and Connecticut
The Virginia plan changed Congress, so it would consist of 2 parts: the _______________ and _____________
Upper house (Senate), lower house (House of representatives)
The House of Representatives was based on:
population
James Wilson said that the election of the legislature by the people was:
"not only the cornerstone, but the foundation of the fabric"