Vocab
A set of rules that guides how a country, state, or other political organization works.
What is a Constitution?
This group of people did feared a strong central government and refused to sign the Constitution until a Bill of Rights was added.
What are Anti-Federalists.
This branch of government includes the President, Vice-President, and their cabinet of advisors.
What is the Executive Branch?
This Amendment includes Freedom of speech, press, assembly, petition, and religion
What is the First Amendment
This is the first constitution of the United States.
What were the Articles of Confederation?
A change or addition to a law or Government Document
What is an Amendment?
A series of 85 essays published in 1787 and 1788 to explain why the new Constitution would be good for the United States.
What are the Federalist Papers?
This branch of government is responsible for interpreting the laws and making sure they are constitutional.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This Amendment protects against cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the Eighth Amendment?
This document signified the official end to the Revolutionary war.
What is the Treaty of Paris 1783.
the abuse of power, or the government or authority that uses power in this way.
What is Tyranny?
This compromise settled the argument of how to count enslaved people towards a state's population
What is the three-fifths compromise.
This principle of government gives some of the powers of government to the States and some to Federal Government
What is Federalism?
This is a responsibility of citizenship.
What is paying taxes, obeying all laws, attending school, or serving on juries.
List at least one weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
fundamental rights that cannot be removed, surrendered, or transferred to another person. The Declaration of Independence identifies "life, liberty, and the pursuit of independence"
What are Unalienable Rights?
This Compromise led to the Bicameral Legislator (Congress) and how the United States decides how many representatives each state has in Congress.
What is the Great Compromise.
This legislator is divided into two houses, the Senate and House of Representatives.
What is Congress.
This is one of the two ways you can become a citizen of the United States.
the people vote for representatives to rule on their behalf (Principle of the Constitution)
What is Republicanism?
to approve in an official way; confirm.
What is Ratify?
If the President does not agree with a bill that is passed by Congress he can do this to shut it down.
What is a Veto?
This branch of government makes the laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
This Amendment was written in response to the Writs of Assistance and Sugar Act (Colonial Grievances)
What is the Fourth Amendment?
This event led to revision and replacement of the Articles of Confederation. (uprising of farmers in the south)
What was Shay's Rebellion?