What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
100
Habeas Corpus means this.
What is the right of a person not to be put in jail without a trial?
100
The right to own guns was originally added to the Bill of Rights to help with the creation of these.
What are militias?
100
The Federalists were led by this man.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
100
The only situation in which states can engage in war is this.
What is invasion by enemies?
200
In order for either house to Impeach the president, the vote must be this.
What is 2/3?
200
Ex post facto laws are these.
What are laws that make something illegal after the act has already been done?
200
These kinds of gatherings are protected by the Bill of Rights.
What are peaceful or "peaceable" gatherings?
200
The Anti-Federalists believed in this kind of government.
What are a weak central government and strong states?
200
According to the Bill of Rights, any powers not held by the U.S. government go here.
What is to the states?
300
This person is in charge of the Senate and breaks any ties in voting, except in impeachments.
Who is the Vice President?
300
The first time the office of President is mentioned in the Constitution is in this context.
What is impeachment?
300
According to the Bill of Rights, any office of the law wishing to search your home must have one of these.
What is an official, signed search warrant?
300
When writing the their papers, Federalists and Anti-Federalists used these two pseudonyms.
What are Publius and Brutus?
300
This political party believed in weak states and a strong government.
Who are the Federalists?
400
The House of Representatives uses this plan of government, favored by larger states.
What is the Virginia Plan?
400
The Constitution gave this power to Congress as a direct result of Shays' Rebellion.
What is the taxation power?
400
According to the Bill of Rights, the only circumstance in which a soldier may enter your home is this.
What is with your permission?
400
Anti-Federalists would not sign the Constitution without this.
What is a Bill of Rights?
400
In the Senate, each state gets 2 representatives under this plan of government
What is the New Jersey plan?
500
This plan caused the Congress to split into two houses with two different plans of government.
What is the Connecticut Compromise or the Great Compromise?
500
These are powers Congress has that are not specifically written in the Constitution.
What are Implied Powers?
500
According to the Bill of Rights, there are two things that must not be "excessive" and one thing which must not be "cruel and unusual." They are these.
What are bails, fines, and punishments?
500
Alexander Hamilton claimed that the Constitution was strong enough without any bill of rights because it guaranteed these three things.
What are habeas corpus, protection from ex post facto laws, and no titles of nobility?
500
In exchange for the rights they give to the government, the Constitution guarantees states these two things.