Branching Out
This branch is led by the President
What is the Executive Branch?
Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly.
What is the 1st Amendment?
While the Anti-Federalists were against ratifying the Constitution, this group was for it
Who were the Federalists?
The document that sets up the structure of our government
What is the Constitution?
Land that belongs to a country but is not a state
What is a territory?
This branch includes the Supreme Court
What is the Judicial Branch?
Prevents illegal search and seizures
What is the 4th Amendment?
The president of the Constitutional Convention
Who is George Washington?
The original constitution of the United States
What is the Articles of Confederation?
To make a change or addition
What is an amendment?
This branch writes laws
What is the Legislative Branch?
The right to bear arms
What is the 2nd Amendment?
This compromise determined how slaves would count toward a state's population
What was the Three Fifths (3/5) Compromise?
The first 10 amendments of the Constitution are referred to as this
What is the Bill of Rights?
When both sides concede something in making an agreement
What is a compromise?
This branch can impeach the president
What is the Legislative Branch?
Banned slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
This ordinance laid out how new states would be admitted to the US
What was the Northwest Ordinance?
A large gathering for certain purpose
What is a convention?
This system prevents any one branch from being too powerful
What is checks and balances?
Gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment?
The author of the Constitution
Who is James Madison?
In this document in which the Colonies told the British they were separating
Declaration of Independence
To approve
What is to ratify?