Faces of the Era
President of the Constitutional Convention.
Who is George Washington?
This was not passed until 3 years after the Constitution was ratified and is at the end of the Constitution today.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The two houses that makes up congress.
What is the senate and the house of representatives?
The number of rights in the Bill of Rights?
What is 10?
Group of people that called for a more powerful federal government and supported the constitution.
Who are the Federalists?
Supported the constitution and defended his views in the federalists papers... he would never become president of the United States however.
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
The idea that state representatives would be given to each state by their populations.
What is the Virginia Plan?
What is the legislative branch?
No excessive bail or fine nor cruel or unusual punishment.
What is the 8th Amendment?
This was written before the constitution and was a failed attempted at creating a national government.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Contributed many ideas to the constitution and also wrote the majority of the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
The idea that states would be given 1 vote each, regardless of their populations.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
This branch includes the president and their cabinet members. This branch makes sure laws are carried out.
What is the executive branch?
No unreasonable search or seizures.
What is the 4th Amendment?
Group of people who supported stronger states rights and opposed the constitution.
Who is the Antifederalists?
Farmer and Revolutionary War Captain who rose up and revolt.
Who was Danial Shays?
The merger of two different plans where the legislature would be split into two different houses - one passed on equal representation and the other on population of each state.
What is the great compromise?
This branch is makes up all the national courts and is responsible for interpreting laws, punishing criminals and settling disputes between states.
What is the judicial branch?
Prohibits the government from bringing you to trial after you have already been to found innocent or guilty.
What is double jeopardy?
Under this agreement, only three-fifths of a state's slave populations would count when determining representation.
What is the three-fifths compromise?
Proposed the idea of the great compomise.
Who is Roger Sherman?
The meeting where 55 delegates came together and wrote the constitution.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
The framers of the Constitution created this... a system that keeps any branch from becoming too powerful.
What is checks and balances?
The right to a lawyer, impartial jury, speedy & public trial, know what your accused of, and to confront witnesses against you.
What is the 6th amendment?
A number of founding fathers who supported the constitution wrote these... to reassure Americans that the constitution was a good idea.