The First Government
This was America’s first national government before the Constitution.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This compromise created a two-house Congress with the Senate and House of Representatives.
What is the Great Compromise?
This principle means government gets its power from the people.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
This branch of government makes laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
The Bill of Rights was included in the constitution because of this.
What is people were afraid that the government would not honor people's Rights if it was not included.
Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress could not do this, which made it hard to raise money.
What is tax / collect taxes?
In the Great Compromise, this legislative chamber is based on population.
What is the House of Representatives?
This principle means government power is divided between the national and state governments.
What is Federalism?
This branch of government carries out/enforces laws.
What is the Executive Branch?
This amendment has 5 specific Rights.
Bonus 500 points: what are the 5 Rights?
What is the First Amendment
Bonus: Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, Petition.
The Articles of Confederation created a weak central government because many Americans feared this after the Revolution.
What is a strong national government / tyranny / too much power like a king?
This chamber in congress in known as the upper house and represents the states.
What is the Senate?
This principle means each branch can limit the powers of the other branches.
What is Checks and Balances?
This branch of government interprets laws and decides if they follow the Constitution.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the 4th Amendment?
This event showed the weakness of the Articles because the national government could not easily respond to unrest by struggling farmers in Massachusetts.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
The 3/5 compromise determined that the slave population would be counted for these two things
What is representation and taxation
This principle means government is not all-powerful and must obey the law.
What is Limited Government?
This branch includes Congress, which is made up of the Senate and House of Representatives.
What is the Legislative Branch?
This amendment protects people from double jeopardy and being forced to testify against themselves.
What is the 5th Amendment?
Name two major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
Why did the Electoral College become a compromise? Give one reason the Framers created it.
A president vetoes a bill passed by Congress. Which two constitutional principles does this best show?
What are Checks and Balances and Separation of Powers?
Besides their main power, name one power for each branch:
A person is given a very unfair punishment that does not fit the crime. Which amendment may be violated?
What is the 8th Amendment?