The 1st article of the Constitution is about this
What is the legislative branch
The government being divided into 3 branches
What is the separation of powers
Someone who wanted the Constitution to pass
What is a federalist?
this many amendments are in the bill of rights
What is 10
This chamber of congress determines the number of seats based on population
What is the house of representatives?
The second article is about this
What is the executive branch
The branches having the power to keep one another from becoming too powerful
What is checks and balances
The promise to add this helped the constitution be ratified
What is the bill of rights?
This amendment limits the president to two terms in office
What is the 22nd amendment
This government preceeded the Constitution in the US
What are the articles of confederation
The third article is about this
What is the judical branch?
The constitutions values and goals are spelled out explicity in this section of the document
What is the preamble
This compromise determined how population was counted in slave vs non slave states
What is the 3/5th compromise?
These amendments started and repealed prohibition
What are the 18th and 21st
What court cases mandated that suspects of a crime must be made aware of their rights before interrogation
What is Miranda v Arizona
The 4th article is about
What is relationships between the states
The Constitution is considered the ____________
What is the supreme law of the land
This compromise created a the two houses of congress
What is the great compromise?
these are the three reconstrucion amendments
What are 13,14,15
This body works to elect the president
What is the electoral college
The 5th article explains this process
What is the amendment process
The supreme court is able to review cases and sets this with its decisions
What is a precedent?
this many states were needed to ratify the Constitution
What is 9?
Without any assitances from the class, do all 10 hand motions for the bill of rights correctly
answer shown through acting
Michigan has this many reps in the house of reps
What is 13