These first 10 amendments to the Constitution were intended to protect individual liberties.
What are the Bill of Rights?
100
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
What is the 26th amendment?
100
The purpose of checks and balances is to ensure that no branch of government does what?
What is becoming too powerful?
100
This form of government distributes power across a national government and sub-national governments and ensures the existence of the sub-national governments.
What is federalism?
100
This number of states, of the original 13, were needed to ratify the Constitution for it be in effect.
What is 9?
200
The American System is designed for the cautious use of power. This is consistent with what concept?
What is the American Creed?
200
This amendment allows the people and the media to criticize the government.
What is the 1st amendment?
200
The United States has three branches of government. They are...
What are the Legislative, judicial, and executive branches?
200
This agreement between slave states and free states says that the slave population would be counted at 60% for purposes of determining a states representation.
What is Three-Fifths Compromise?
200
These individuals opposed the constitution, fearing it concentrated too much power in the national government.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
300
This founding father wrote the Federalist Papers along with John Jay and Alexander Hamilton. He is also hailed as the "Father of the Constitution".
Who is James Madison?
300
The amending process starts with an introduction or proposal of an amendment, it happens at this level...
What is the National Level?
300
A political system in which the head of the executive branch is selected by members of the legislature rather than by popular vote. This was the political system of choice in Europe.
What is the Parliamentary System?
300
This type of government allows people to elect representatives to make policy and write laws in their interest.
What is a republic (representative democracy)?
300
The central debate concerning the constitution was not over democracy, but __________.
What is liberty.
400
This clause (under Article 4) says that states must honor the official acts of other states, such as public records and judicial proceedings?
What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?
400
The ratification of a proposed amendment happens at this level of government.
What is the state level?
400
In 1803, the landmark court case Marbury V. Madison granted the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John Marshall, this power which allows the Supreme Court to decide the constitutionality of legislation and/or the actions of the government
What is Judicial Review?
400
This agreement between small states and large states says that representation in the senate would be equal for each state. Representation in the house would be based on population.
What is the Great Compromise?
400
This first attempt to devise governing principles, and draft a national constitution, required ratification from each of the 13 former colonies.
What are The Articles of Confederation
500
This amendment from the Bill of Rights states that: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited to it by the states, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
What is the 10th amendment?
500
One of the two ways an amendment can be proposed, is by a ______ vote of both houses of Congress?
What is 2/3 vote?
500
This clause in the constitution declares that national laws and treaties have superiority over state laws and treaties.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
500
These large state and small state plans argued for equal and population based representation.
What is the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?
500
This famous Anti-federalist saw the proposed Constitution as a counter revolution. But you may know him as the man who famously said: "Give me liberty, or give me death!"