This amendment protects against the quartering of troops.
What is the 3nd Amendment?
100
To check the legislative branch, the president may reject a bill passed by Congress, a process know as this:
What is a veto?
100
Introduced by Edmund Randolph, the Virginia Plan advocated for a two-house legislature, also known as this:
What is bicameral?
100
One of the guiding principles of the Constitution, this idea asserts that people are the ultimate source of the gov’t’s power
What is popular sovereignty?
100
The oldest person at the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin was a delegate from this state:
What is Pennsylvania?
200
This amendment guarantees the right of the people to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
What is the first amendment?
200
The Supreme Court’s power to determine the Constitutionality of the laws and actions of local, state, and national gov’t is known as:
What is judicial review?
200
Often called the Father of the Constitution, this delegate’s ideas outlined the basic plan of government that we know follow.
Who is James Madison?
200
Powers that are shared by the state and federal government are known as:
What are concurrent powers?
200
After Shays’s Rebellion, this American statesman famously declared that “A little rebellion every now and then is a good thing.”
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
This amendment prevents American citizens from testifying against himself in a trial.
What is the 5th amendment?
300
One way the legislative branch may check the executive branch is by formally accusing the president of misconduct, also known as this:
What is impeach?
300
The 3/5 Compromise agreed to count each slave as 3/5 of a person for the purposes of taxation and representation. If a state had 15,000 slaves, how many people would that count for?
What is 9,000?
300
Clause 18 of Article 1, also known as this, states that Congress can make all laws which are necessary and proper for carrying out the powers listed in Article 1
What is the Elastic Clause?
300
Latin for “From many, one,” this is the official motto of the United States:
What is "E pluribis Unum?
400
This Amendment protects the right to a speedy, fair trial in criminal cases.
What is the 6th amendment?
400
To check the executive branch, only this branch of government may formally declare war.
What is the legislative branch?
400
Introduced by William Paterson, the New Jersey Plan advocated equal representation. The plan was also known as this
What is the Small State plan?
400
What is the minimum age that a citizen must have to serve as a senator?
What is 30?
400
According to flag etiquette, a flag flown upside down signals what?
What is distress?
500
The 5th amendment also protects against this, the right of the government to claim private property for public use.
What is eminent domain?
500
One way the president checks the judicial branch is by appointing supreme court justices. Who was the most recent judge appointed to the supreme court?
Who is Elena Kagen?
500
This was the last state to ratify the new Constitution, in May of 1790.
What is Rhode Island?
500
After a bill is introduced to Congress, congressional committees may reject it, approve it, or set it aside without review, also know as this:
What is pigeonhole?
500
Originally known as the Pennsylvania State House, this building, which hosted the Constitutional Convention, was later renamed this: