The Branches of Government 1
This branch of government makes the laws.
What is The Legislative Branch
This was later added to the Constitution because the Anti-Federalists insisted on it or they would not sign the Constitution.
What is The Bill of Rights
List one check of the executive branch on the legislative branch
What is Veto
Protects your freedoms of speech, religion, assembly and petition.
What is the first Amendment
This plan wanted one house of congress and equal representation
What is the New Jersey Plan
This branch of government enforces, or carries out, laws.
What is The Executive Branch
The US Constitution or any national law is the top law in the land.
What is Federalism/Supremacy Clause
List a check of the executive branch on the judicial branch
What is Appointing Judges or Pardon
Protects against unreasonable (warrantless) searches and seizures (unless reasonable suspicion or probable cause exists).
What is the 4th amendment
Unfortunately this horrible compromise related to slavery was made in order to get the Southern states to agree with the Constitution.
Who is the ⅗ Compromise
This branch of government interprets the law.
What is The Judicial Branch
What idea did we steal from Thomas Hobbes in our government today
What is Social Contract
This branch confirms supreme court nominees
What is The Legislative Branch (Senate)
Protects the rights of the accused (including the right to grand jury indictment, the right not to testify against oneself, and due process).
What is the 5th or 6th Amendment
What is the name of the plan that was two houses both based on population
What is the Virginia Plan
The division of government into three branches in order to restrict the accumulation of power by any one person or body.
What is Separation of Powers
What two ideas did we steal from John Locke in our government today
What is Representative Government and Natural Rights
Which branch has the most checks on the other branches?
What is The Legislative Branch
Protects against excessive fines and bail and against cruel or unusual punishments.
What is the 8th Amendment
What is the name of the compromise that set up the legislative branch? and how is representation decided in each house?
What is the great compromise/Connecticut compromise
And
House is representation by population
Senate is equal representation
A system of restrictions placed on individual branches of government by the other branches of government to maintain a balance of power.
What is Checks and Balances
List 2 rights we received from the Magna Carta in todays government and 2 things we received from the English bill of rights
What is
Magna Carta -Protects a person’s rights, No one is above the law, Presidents can not tax without Congress’s permission
English Bill Jury trials -No excessive bail ,Free elections to Parliament, Free speech in Parliament, Right to arms, Free to petition the king,- No taxation without Parliament's approval, No cruel or unusual punishment
Provide an example of every branch checking another branch (6 total checks)
What are
Legislative to executive -power of purse, override veto with 2/3, approving treaties, impeach president
Legislative to judicial- confirming supreme court justices, impeaching judges
Executive to legislative - veto
Executive to judicial - nominate supreme court justices
Judicial to Legislative- declare laws unconstitutional
Judicial to Executive- declare laws unconstitutional
Protects the rights of those on trial (including a speedy, public jury trial of one's peers; access to an attorney; and the rights to obtain and confront witnesses for and against).
What is the 6th or 7th Amendment
What is Original name of the Great compromise and what state's representative came up with it?
What is the Connecticut compromise