The presiding officer of the Constitutional Convention.
Who is George Washington
100
To be approved.
What is ratified?
100
The beginning of the Constitution.
What is the Preamble?
100
This is divided into two parts.
What is the legislator?
100
Division in within the federal government.
What is separation of powers?
200
A two house legislator.
What is bicameral?
200
Supporters of the Constitution.
Who are Federalists?
200
The main concern during the writing of the Constitution.
What is forming a more perfect union?
200
Powers assigned to Congress.
What are delegated powers?
200
Each branch of government has ways to limit the powers of the other two.
What are checks and balances?
300
Counting slaves as 3/5 of a person.
What is the 3/5ths Compromise?
300
Feared the necessary and proper clause.
Who are the Anti-Federalist?
300
This goal pledges to protect our basic freedoms.
What is to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity?
300
Changing the Constitution.
What are amendments?
300
Division of power between the states and national government.
What is federalism?
400
The Great Compromise.
What is the plan to have a 2 house legislator with one house based on representation and the other each state gets equal votes?
400
James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton were authors.
What are the Federalist Papers?
400
Name 3 goals of the Constitution.
What are to form a more perfect union, to establish justice, to insure domestic tranquility, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity?
400
Can appoint ambassadors to foreign countries.
Who is the president?
400
Powers that are shared by the federal and state governments.
What concurrent powers?
500
The group of people who elect the president.
What is the electoral college?
500
Rhode Island.
What is the final state to ratify the Constitution?
500
Future generations.
What is posterior?
500
Has the power to regulate marriges.
What are the states?
500
The elastic clause.
What is the necessary and proper clause sometimes called?