American Government

Articles

100

Established the legislative branch

Article I

200

Established the executive branch

Article II

300

Provides a process for amending the Constitution

Article V

400

Describes relationship between states and the central government

Article IV

500

Describes the Constitution as "the supreme law of the land"

Article VI

People

100

This man formulated the basic ideas of Communism

Karl Marx

200

This person wrote Commentaries on the Laws of England

William Blackstone

300

This man was the first ruler to put Communism into practice on a large scale

Vladimir Lenin

400

This monarch called the Model Parliament

Edward I

500

This monarch laid the foundation for trial by jury

Henry II

Miscellaneous

100

This is represented above the head of the Chief Justice

Ten Commandments

200

Commands by the President which have the force of law

Executive orders

300

This kind of government agency has a single function and reports directly to the President

Independent executive agency

400

This kind of representative votes according to his personal judgment rather than the views of his constituency

Trustee

500

This body was the first representative assembly in the colonies

House of Burgesses

Congress

100

This body may introduce revenue bills in Congress

House of Representatives

200

This part of Article I gives Congress the authority to put into operation both the expressed and implied powers

Elastic clause

300

The proportional distribution of congressional seats among the states is known as this

Apportionment

400

This body became the model for colonial legislatures and the US Congress

Parliament

500

This is a temporary committee composed of members of both houses for the purpose of working out a compromise on a bill

Conference committee

Documents & Legislation

100

This document placed the English king under the law for the first time

Magna Carta

200

This document is the forerunner of the written Constitution in America

Mayflower Compact

300

This document was America's first national constitution

Articles of Confederation

400

This document greatly limited the power of the English monarchs

English Bill of Rights

500

This legislation cut off all trade between the American colonies and England

Prohibitory Act