Who is Bill and what are his rights?
This amendment guarantees freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
1st Amendment
This branch of government is responsible for making the laws.
Legislative Branch
Large States want one thing, small States want another. Which compromise decided how we are represented in the Legislative Branch?
Great Compromise
This principle means the government gets its power from the people.
Popular Sovereignty
The number of voting members in the U.S. House of Representatives is based on this.
Population
This amendment protects people from having soldiers live in their homes during peacetime without consent.
3rd Amendment
This branch of government enforces the laws and is headed by the President.
Executive Branch
This compromise decided how enslaved people would be counted for representation and taxation, counting each as a fraction of a person.
3/5 Compromises
This principle divides the government into three branches to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
Separation of Powers
The number of voting members in the U.S. Senate is based on this.
Nothing. It's not based on anything. Every state gets 2!
This amendment says you cannot be tried twice for the same crime and protects against self-incrimination.
5th Amendment
This branch of government interprets the laws and can declare them unconstitutional.
Judicial Branch
Refused to ratify the U.S. Constitution until it had a Bill of Rights.
Anti-Federalists
This principle ensures that each branch of government can limit the powers of the others.
Checks & Balances
The name of the documents that were written to convince the American Public that we needed a new constitution.
Federalist Papers
This amendment ensures the right to a fair and speedy trial, including the right to have an attorney.
6th Amendment
This branch conducts business with foreign countries
Executive Branch
Wanted a stronger State government
Anti-Federalists
This principle guarantees that government powers are limited to those given by the Constitution.
Limited Government
The first government of the United States, created during the Revolutionary War, was based on this document.
Articles of Confederation
This amendment states that rights not listed in the Constitution are still retained by the people.
9th Amendment
This branch can declare war if necessary.
Legislative Branch
Wanted a stronger central/federal/national government.
Federalists
This principle is based on the idea that people elect representatives to make decisions and laws on their behalf.
Republicanism
This 1787 law created a system for admitting new states to the Union and prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory.
Northwest Ordinance