Constitution 1
July 4, 1776
The first ten Amendments of the U.S. Constitution ( added to gain support from Anti-Federalist in order to ratify the Constitution)
What is the Bill of Rights
Supported the ratification of the U.S. Constitution
Federalists
What is the 3/5 Compromise
Agreement between slave state
and free states that a state’s slave
population would be counted at 60
percent for purposes of determining a
state’s representation in the House of
Representatives
The Legislative branch of the government is made up of what 2 houses of Congress
What is House of Representatives and Senate
What is the Stamp act
A tax imposed on various forms of papers and documents by the British Government.
The House of Representatives is made of this number of representatives
what is 435
What did the Declaration of Independence attempt to do
find common ground to unite colonists as Americans in an American “nation".
What is the Great Compromise
The agreement between small states on equal representation in the Senate, and representation in House based on size.
What is a Republican Government
A system in which people elect representatives to make policy and write laws
Who wrote the Federalist Papers?
John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison.
The system in the constitution that does not allow one branch from becoming too powerful
What are "checks and balances"
No one branch of government will gain too much power because of this concept
What are checks and balances?
How many amendments are there to the Constitution
27
The Constitutional Convention took place in this historic city
What is Philadelphia
This is the political party that opposed ratification of the Con
Who are the anti-federalists
Powers of the government are separated between that of the National and State governments
What is Federalism
A police officer breaks into your home without a warrant or reason. This is a violation of this amendment.
What is the 4th amendment
What were the delegates made up of? (Political Parties in the Constitutional Convention)
Federalists and Anti-federalists.
this man was Unanimously chosen to be head over the Constitutional Convention
Who is George Washington
The Governor of New York State
Who is Kathy Hochul
Idea that powers of the government should be equally distributed between the 3 branches of the government (Montesquieu)
What is Separation of Powers