The first written constitution in the US after the Revolutionary Was was?
Articles of Confereration
100
The ________________Ordinance was important because it established the system in which a territory could become at state.
What is Northwest
100
How many amendments are contained in the Bill of Rights
What is 10
100
What amendment protects you against being tried twice for the same crime?
What is 5
100
The number of electors that a state has in the Electoral College is equal to the number of ______________that have plus two Senators
What is public votes
200
The first written constitution that you identified in question 1 created a ___________national government and _________ state government.
What is weak and strong
200
The main author of the Constitution and particularly the Bill of Rights was
What is James Madison
200
How many amendments are there all together
What is 10
200
The right to a speedy public trial is outlined in what constitutional amendment
What is 6
200
Being tried twice for the same crime is called
What is double jeopardy
300
According to our first written constitution, the __________
government held most of the power?
What is state
300
The belief in the Constitution that says that the government get its power from the people is called
What is popular soverereighty
300
This amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures
What is 4
300
Which amendment to the Constitution probably came about because of the British practice of using Writs of Assistance before the Revolution War.
What is 4
300
is a belief in the Constitution that says that each branch of government should be able to control the other two branches.
What is checks and balances
400
Our Constitution probably never would have turned out so successful if our leaders were not will to ___________on many issues at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
What is great compromise
400
What is a belief in the Constitution that states that the power in the government should be divided between the federal and state governments so that one would not become more powerful than the other
What is Federalism
400
Amendment 1 gives citizens five freedoms?
What is speech,press, peaceably, petition and religion
400
Which amendment to the Constitution probably came about because of the British practice of quartering troops in peoples homes before the Revolutionary War
What is 3
400
Another belief in the Constitution states that the government should not hold all the power in the country. This belief is called?
What is limited government
500
Our second written plan for government after the Revolution War was called the
What is constitution
500
the belief in the Constitution that states that the federal government should be divided into 3 branches is called
What is Seperation of Powers
500
What amendment to the Constitution gives people the right to posses guns?
What is 2
500
No excessive bail, fines, or cruel and unusual punishments is prohibited in which constitutional amendment.
What is 8
500
If a person gets the majority of the popular vote in a state, then they get _____ of the electoral votes for that state.