Amendments
Protects you from Self-Incrimination
5th Amendment
This clause protects your rights by requiring a legal process to happen before a right can be taken away
Due Process Clause
The ability of the the US Government to raise and fund a military is this kind of power which is located in Article I Section 8
Expressed Powers
Congress has the House of Representatives and the Senate; two chambers
Bicameral
The New Jersey planned favored these with its call for equal representation
Supporting the Small States
Originally created to grant citizenship rights to former slaves but often is cited for its Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses
14th Amendment
This clause was argued in McCulloch v Maryland. Allowed the US government to establish a national bank
Necessary and Proper Clause
These powers are not directly stated in the Constitution but are connected to the 18 that are.
Implied Powers
This part of Congress tends to benefit large states with its proportional representation
House of Representatives
This plan called for a the creation of a bicameral legislature based upon proportional representation
Virginia Plan
Limited the President to two 4 year terms or at most 10 years
22nd Amendment
This clause helped bring about the end of segregation when it was argued that separate accommodations could never be equal
Equal Protection Clause
The ability to tax is an example of a power that is held by both the state and federal government.
Concurrent Powers
The leaders of these help make up the President’s Cabinet
Executive Departments
This piece of legislation helped restore the principle of popular sovereignty to territories when determining whether they would enter as slave states or free states
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This amendment helped return the idea of Popular Sovereignty when it made it possible for citizens to vote for their Senators instead of the state legislatures
17th Amendment
In McCulloch v Maryland it was determined that states could not destroy what the federal government created reinforcing this clause of the Constitution.
Supremacy Clause
The ability of a state to issue a professional license is an example of which power
Reserved Powers
This piece of legislation helped create the three tier federal court system we have today
Judiciary Act of 1789
The purpose of this compromise was to help balance the voting power in the House of Representatives between the North and the South
Three-Fifths Compromise
This amendment helped protect individual rights that are not spelled out in the Constitution as they are still “retained by the people”
9th Amendment
This clause dealt with how states were supposed to interact with each other. A valid contract in one state, is a valid contract in all states.
Full Faith and Credit Clause
This amendment states that any power not given to the US Government is reserved for the state.
10 Amendment
This position in the US Government is our chief diplomat and chief administrator
The President
Called for the creation of a bicameral legislature where one chamber was base on equal representation and the other on proportional representation
Connecticut Plan