Bill of Rights
Amendments
Pre-Constitution
Coming of Independence
The Constitution
100
Prohibits excessive bail, excessive fines, cruel and unusual punishment
What is the 8th amendment
100
Set the national voting age at 18
What is the 26th amendment
100
All free persons should be counted and slaves should be counted as three-fifths of a person
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise
100
Required use of tax stamps on all legal documents
What is Stamp act of 1765
100
Everyone is subject to the law-even officials
What is Rule of law
200
Right to bear arms
What is the 2nd amendment
200
Repealed prohibition
What is 21st amendment
200
States were to be equally represented in the legislature
What is the New Jersey Plan
200
July 4, 1776
What is the date the Declaration of Independence was signed
200
Division of power among a central government and state governments
What is Federalism
300
Fair and speedy trial
What is the 6th amendment
300
Gave all men the right to vote regardless of race
What is the 15th amendment
300
English document written to seek protection against heavy-handed and arbitrary acts by the king.
What is the Magna Carta
300
President of the Constitutional Convention
Who is George Washington
300
Powers not given to the national government nor denied to the states
What is Reserved Powers
400
Unreasonable search and seizure
What is the 4th amendment
400
Right to due process and equal protection under the law
What is the 14th amendment
400
Congress should be composed of two houses-one with equal representation and one based on population.
What is the Connecticut Compromise (Great Compromise)
400
Main writer of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
400
Powers given to the national government by the Constitution
What are delegated powers
500
Powers not given to the federal government by the Constitution is given to the states
What is the 10th amendment
500
Woman's suffrage
What is the 19th amendment
500
Nation's first national government
What is the Second Continental Congress
500
Established a "firm league of friendship"
What is the Articles of Confederation
500
Powers shared by the national government and the state
What are concurrent powers
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