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Under the Articles of Confederation, each state's power in Congress was based on:
What is one vote per state?
Outlines the process for ratifying the Constitution, requiring the approval of nine states for it to take effect.
What is Article VII?
This article details the relationships between states and the federal government, including provisions for admitting new states and ensuring a republican form of government.
What is Article IV?
A president must have been a what from birth?
The qualifications for a U.S. senator or representative require all the following except that he or she:
What is belong to a registered political party?
This Amendment protects freedoms of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the First Amendment?
The Articles of Confederation included all of the following weaknesses EXCEPT…
Establishes the legislative branch, defining the structure, powers, and responsibilities of Congress, which consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
What is Article I?
Our founding fathers originally did not want a strong government for this reason.
What is four years?
The ________________________ branch has the power to make laws and is specified in this Article of the Constitution.
What is the Legislative branch and is in the first Article?
This Amendment limits lawsuits against states.
What is the Eleventh Amendment?
Shay’s Rebellion showed America this about its government under the Articles of Confederation.
What was a weak central Government?
Establishes the Constitution as the supreme law of the land, requiring all government officials to swear an oath to support it and addressing national debts and treaties.
What is Article VI?
The _____________________ combined both of the plans proposed at the Constitutional Convention, the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan, and created a two house Congress. One with equal representation and one based on population.
What is the Great Compromise?
A U.S. senator serves for a term of:
What is six years?
Clause / article / section are parts of the constitution and should be ordered in this way from largest to smallest.
What are articles, sections, and then clauses?
This Amendment revised the presidential election process.
What is the Twelfth Amendment?
To take full effect the Constitution had to be ratified by this number of states.
What is nine states?
Defines the executive branch, outlining the powers and duties of the President and Vice President to enforce federal laws and manage national affairs.
What is Article II?
The last group to whom the Constitution granted the right to vote was:
Who were women?
Passed by Congress on September 25, 1789, the Bill of Rights are the
What are the first 10 amendments of the Constitution?
Checks and balances refer to...
What are the institutional checks of power between the three branches of government?
This Amendment protects against self-incrimination and guarantees due process.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
This percentage of votes had to be obtained to pass legislation in Congress under the Articles of Confederation.
What is a supermajority or nearly 70% had to vote for the proposed legislation?
Sets up the judicial branch, creating the Supreme Court and authorizing Congress to establish lower courts to interpret and apply the law.
Supporters of the Constitution called themselves
What are the Federalists?
The Federalist papers written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, which appeared in the New York newspapers from 1787 to 1788 were aimed to
What is Defend the Constitution?
This compromised was put forth to make the Southern majority-slaving owning states happy to sign the Constitution.
What is the three-fifths compromise?
This Amendment defines presidential succession and handling of disability.
What is the Twenty-Fifth Amendment?