What is the Bill of Rights?
10 Amendments
What branch of Government can make Laws?
Legislative Branch
What is the Second Amendment?
The Right to Bear Arms
The term for the group of individuals, including Patrick Henry, that opposed ratification of the Constitution as it was written.
Who were the Anti-Federalists?
The Supreme Court's power to declare laws passed by Congress as unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
What amendment is the self-incrimination or double Jeopardy?
5th Amendment
Who wanted a strong centralized government in order to unite and be stronger going forward?
Federalists
Principle that the Constitution specifically lists the powers the government has and doesn't have, thus restricting the actions the government can take.
What is limited government?
A federal court system is an example of what branch of Government?
Judicial Branch
Principle that the people rule.
What is popular sovereignty?
What is the 10th Amendment?
Powers not delegated to the US through the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively or to the people