George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, Roger Sherman, Gouverneur Morris, Edmond Randolph, and William Patterson were some of the people associated with this.
What is the United States Constitution?
100
The main powers of this are to make laws, raise an army and a navy, declare war, and control commerce.
What is the Congress?
100
Adding a bill of rights to the Constitution does this.
What is to protect the right of people?
100
The Constitution provides this system to keep any one branch from becoming too powerful.
What is checks and balances?
200
To reach an agreement, each side must do this by giving up something that they wanted.
What is a compromise?
200
This means to reject something.
What is to veto?
200
This means that people have the right to a fair trial.
What is due process of law?
200
States have these powers under the Constitution.
What are any powers not clearly given to the federal government?
300
These two governments share power in a federal system.
What is national and state?
300
The delegates created this to decide cases that involves the whole nation or more than one state.
What is a federal court system?
300
A group that tries to elect officials who will support its policies is known as this.
What is a political party?
300
The three levels of government are alike in this way.
What is they all collect taxes to pay for government services?
400
They gave the federal government the power to collect taxes, maintain an army, and print all money.
Who are the makers of the Constitution?
400
This court can limit the power of Congress.
What is the Supreme Court?
400
These two people disagreed about how strong the central government should be.
Who are Hamilton and Jefferson?
400
This is how citizens elect their leaders and representatives.
What is to vote?
500
The delegates settled the issue of whether or not to count enslaved people when figuring out representation during this compromise.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
500
The citizens have this power to select the President and members of Congress.
What is the right to vote?
500
In 1800, the nation’s capital moved from Philadelphia to here.
What is Washington D.C.?
500
These are qualities that add to a healthy democracy.