ARTICLES OF THE CONSTITUTION
OPENING PARAGRAPH EXPLAINING THE GOALS OF "WE THE PEOPLE"
PREAMBLE
NO ABILITY TO TAX, NO EXECUTIVE BRANCH, NO JUDICIAL BRANCH, AND THE INABILITY TO REGULATE TRADE BETWEEN THE STATES COULD ALL BE SEEN AS THIS.
WEAKNESSES OF THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
THE DIVISION OF CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNING DUTIES AMONG THE THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
SEPARATION OF POWERS
FOUND IN ARTICLE IV, THIS STATES THAT ENSLAVED FOLKS WHO SELF-EMANCIPATE ARE NOT FREE AND MUST BE RETURNED TO THEIR "OWNERS"
FUGITIVE SLAVE CLAUSE
THIS TERM DESCRIBES OUR CONGRESS, AND COMES FROM THE LATIN FOR "TWO CHAMBERS"
BICAMERAL
THIS ARTICLE INCLUDES THE PROCESS FOR AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION
AMENDMENT V
THE NEGOTIATION OF THE TREATY OF PARIS, 1783, WHICH ENDED THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, AND THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCE ARE BOTH EXAMPLES OF THIS.
SUCCESSES UNDER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
THE MECHANISM BY WHICH EACH BRANCH HAS SOME POWER OVER THE OTHER BRANCHES, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PRESIDENT CAN VETO A BILL PASSED BY CONGRESS.
CHECKS & BALANCES
THIS COMPROMISE ON ARTICLE I DEALS WITH HOW ENSLAVED PEOPLE SHOULD BE TABULATED FOR PURPOSES OF REPRESENTATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
3/5 CLAUSE
THIS WAS THE LARGE STATES IDEA THAT STATES SHOULD BE REPRESENTED IN CONGRESS ACCORDING TO THEIR POPULATION.
VIRGINIA PLAN
THIS ARTICLE INTRODUCES THE SUPREME COURT OF THE US
ARTICLE III
THIS MEETING IN SEPTEMBER 1786 WAS CALLED TO ADDRESS THE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS UNDER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION. THE DELEGATES CALLED ON CONGRESS TO CALL A MEETING IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1787 TO FIX THE ARTRICLES, SO IT SERVED AS A STEPPING-STONE TO CREATING THE CONSTITUTION.
ANNAPOLIS CONVENTION
THE TERM THAT DESCRIBES THE SPECIFIC POWERS GIVEN TO CONGRESS IN ARTICLE I, SECTION 8, AND TO THE PRESIDENT IN ARTICLE II
EXPRESSED POWERS
THIS ARTICLE I CLAUSE PROHIBITS CONGRESS FROM BANNING THIS ACTION BEFORE 1808
IMPORTATION OF ENSLAVED PEOPLE INTO THE US
THIS IS THE NAME OF THE SMALL STATES IDEA THAT EACH STATE CHOULD HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS.
NEW JERSEY PLAN
THIS IS THE LEGISLATIVE ARTICLE AND DESCRIBES THE BICAMERAL CONGRESS
ARTICLE I
THIS PROTEST IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS IN THE WINTER OF 1786-87 PROMPTED STATE LEADERS TO SUPPORT THE UPCOMING MEETING IN PHILADELPHIA IN MAY 1787 OUT OF FEAR THAT THEIR STATES COULD NOT DEAL WITH UPRISINGS OF CITIZENS.
SHAYS'S REBELLION
THE TERM USED TO DENOTE THE "NECESSARY & PROPER" CLASE AT THE END OF ARTICLE I, SECTION 8, BECAUSE IT IS SAID TO STRETCH THE POWERS OF CONGRESS.
ELASTIC CLAUSE
THIS IS ONE OF ONLY TWO THINGS THAT ARTICLE V SAYS CAN'T BE AMENDED. THE OTHER IS EQUAL REPRESENTATION IN THE SENATE.
THE "NO BANNING IMPORTATION" CLAUSE BEFORE 1808
THIS IS THE TERM FOR THE CONNECTICUT SUGGESTION TO CREATE A BICAMERAL CONGRESS WITH REPRESENTATION IN THE HOUSE BY POPULATION AND EQUAL REPRESENTATION IN THE SENATE
THE GREAT COMPROMISE
THIS ARTICLE INCLUDES THE DEBT, SUPREMACY, OATH, AND "NO RELIGIOUS TEST" CLAUSES
ARTICLE VI
NATO AND THE EUROPEAN UNION ARE TWO MODERN EXAMPLES OF THE TYPE OF POLITICAL ORGANIZATION THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY STRONG STATES AND A WEAK CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.
A CONFEDERATION
THE SERIES OF ESSAYS WRITTEN BY JAMES MADISON, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, & JOHN JAY TO SUPPORT RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION
FEDERALIST PAPERS
TERM USED TO DESCRIBE AN OPPRESSIVE GOVERNMENT THAT EMPLOYS CRUEL AND UNJUST POWER AND FAILS TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS.
TYRANNY
ARTICLE VII CALLS FOR THIS TO BE DONE BY AT LEAST 9 STATES BY MEANS OF SPECIAL CONVENTIONS IN EACH STATE WHEREBY THE RESTRICTIONS ON WHITE MEN TO PARTICIPATE WERE REDUCED OR ELIMINATED.
RATIFICATION