The Constitution
The document that replaced the Articles of Confederation as the rulebook of our country.
What is the Constitution?
The branch of the government that interprets the law and decides whether or not they are Constitutional.
What is The Judicial Branch?
A strong central government is needed to create a functioning country.
What was the Federalists main belief?
No person shall be discriminated against because of their faith, beliefs or lack thereof.
What is freedom of religion?
All U.S. citizens over the age of 18 who have completed the registration forms.
Who is allowed to vote in U.S. elections?
The clause that says no state can make a law that goes against a federal (or Constitutional) law.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
Checks and Balances
What is something that stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
If the central government has too much power, it can be corrupted and take away people's rights. The main governmental power should belong to the states.
What are the main beliefs of the Anti-federalists?
The number of amendments to the constitution.
What is 27?
Our main civic duty as citizens in a representative democracy.
What is voting?
The name given to the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution and their purpose.
What is the Bill of Rights, which protects civil liberties?
The branch of U.S. government that creates federal legislation and the 2 sections of that branch.
What is Congress, which is split into the House of Representatives and the Senate?
The Constitution says federal laws are “the supreme law of the land,” so the federal government could just take complete control.
What is an Anti-federalist concern?
The reason that the Constitution is so rarely amended.
What is a difficult amendment process that includes an agreement in Congress and from State level governments? (2/3 of Congress must agree and 3/4 of the states must agree)
Women wrote poems, created pamphlets and worked hard to spread the word about their political views.
How did women participate in the founding of the country even though they were not allowed to vote?
The idea of self-government that is stated in the first three words of the Constitution?
What is "We the People" ?
The people who make up the Executive branch and their role in our Government.
Who are the President, Vice President, and Cabinet members that execute or carry out the laws?
The Constitution is a Bill of Rights because it guarantees citizens a role in government.
What is a Federalist belief?
The list of rights guaranteed in the first amendment.
What are freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of assembly?
Some of the problems with the Articles of Confederation.
Lack of ability to collect taxes, enforce laws, or change without 100% agreement were?
The number of Articles in the Constitution.
What is 7?
Some of the leaders of the Constitutional Convention and their political parties.
Who are James Madison-Federalist and Thomas Jefferson- Anti-federalist?
The compromise between Federalists and Anti-federalists that led to the ratification of the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The rights guaranteed in the fifth amendment?
What are: due process of the law, no double jeopardy, a jury of your peers, and the right to avoid self-incrimination?
Sometimes called, Mrs. President, this woman fought for the equal education of men and women and used her influence as the wife of our President to be active in politics.
Who is Abigail Adams?