Constitution
This city hosted the Constitutional Convention
What is Philadelphia
This English document influenced the Constitution and emphasized rights.
What is the Magna Carta?
This branch makes the laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
This amendment guarantees freedom of speech.
What is the first Amendment?
Supporters of the Constitution were called this.
What are the Federalists?
The Constitution went into effect after this many states ratified it.
What is 9?
These early settlers created the Mayflower Compact.
Who are the Pilgrims?
This branch carries out laws and includes the President.
What is the Executive Branch?
This amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This plan favored large states during the Constitutional Convention.
What is the Virginia Plan?
The Constitution was signed in this year.
What is 1787?
These two English political concepts became the U.S. Congress and the Bill of Rights
What are the Parliament and the English Bill of Rights?
This Branch can declare laws unconstitutional.
What is the Judicial Branch?
Women gained the right to vote with Amendment.
What is the 19th Amendment?
The 3/3 Compromise stayed this about slaves and voting.
What is that slaves would count as 3/5 of a person for representation?
This beginning section of the Constitution outlines six goals
What is the Preamble?
The Constitution borrowed ideas from this earlier American colonial document
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Congress is made up of these two houses.
What are the Senate and House of Representatives?
The right to bear arms is in this amendment.
He is known as the " Father of the Constitution."
Who is James Madison?
This document served as the U.S's first constitution.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The first U.S. Constitution was signed in this year.
What is 1777?
This system ensures no one branch has too much power.
What are Checks and Balances?
Citizens rule through elected representatives in this type of government.
What is a republic?
This compromise created a two-house legislature
What is the Great Compromise?