Congress
This is the number of Senators there are (including Puerto Rico and Guam).
What is 100?
After the delegates signed it, they sent the proposed Constitution to this governing body.
What is Congress?
This was the date that the Convention signed the Constitution.
What happened on 9/17/1787?
This founder was "perfectly contented with being only a plain citizen."
Who was George Washington?
Lifetime of author and 70 years after.
How long is a copyright good for?
Each state has equal representation.
What's the reason for having each state having two U S. Senators?
20
How many powers does the U.S. Constitution provide to Congress?
Because there wasn't a Bill of Rights.
Why did three delegates refuse to sign the Constitution?
With respect to the power to borrow money, this founder said it is unauthorized to saddle posterity with a former generation’s debt.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
6 years
What is the amount of time that that a person must wait to take out bankruptcy?
These are the three qualifications for a Congressman to be in the House of Representatives.DOES NOT NEED TO BE IN QUESTION FORM.
1) 25+ yrs old
2) Citizen for 7 years
3) Inhabitant of the state
To facilitate trade through uniformity.
Why did the Founders give the federal government the power to establish a system of weights and measures?
He was known as the "best informed man of any point in debate."
Who was James Madison?
Congress may enact law only if it benefits the entire country.
What was the Founders’ original intended meaning of the “general welfare” clause?
121 and 55
1) How many people are included when we say “Founding Fathers?”
2) How many attended the 1787 Constitutional Convention?
These are the three qualifications for a Senator.DOES NOT NEED TO BE IN QUESTION FORM.
1) 30+ yrs old
2) Citizen for 9 years
3) Inhabitant of the state
Because of the shortage of man power.
In earlier times, why did all states warmly encourage naturalization?
There were the two prominent men not at the Constitutional Convention because they were on overseas assignments.
Who were John Adams & Thomas Jefferson?
To ensure the free flow of commerce among the states.
For what purpose did the Founders give Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce?
“Geographical Uniformity”
How does the Supreme Court justify graduated income taxes to be uniform as the Constitution requires?
1. Bill introduced in house and senate.
2. House and senate committees address & vote.
3. If committees approve, house and senate address and vote.
4. House and senate reconcile differing versions of bill.
5. President signs into law.
6. If president vetoes, house & senate may override by 2/3 vote.
What are the six main steps for a bill to become a law?
This is the full preamble of the Constitution.
What is "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
These are the 4 major compromises made at the Constitutional Convention.
1) Should representation in Congress be based on population or equal per state?
2) When should the federal government regulate or abolish slavery?
3) Should the federal gov regulate interstate commerce?
4) Should there be a Bill of Rights?
To prevent a debtor from defrauding his creditors.
Why did the Founders give power to regulate bankruptcy to the federal government?
Federal regulatory agencies.
What's the "4th" branch of government?