Compromises
Founding Documents
Founding Principles
Constitution
Articles
100

The division of power between the states and the national government.

What is federalism?

100

The first governing document of the new nation, this was very weak and gave the central government no power to collect taxes or enforce laws.

What is the Articles of Confederation?

100

This principle stated that the government cannot infringe on the rights of citizens without giving them a fair trial.

What is due process?

100
The date the Constitution was completed.
What is September 17, 1787?
100
What do Articles I, II, and III of the Constitution set up?

What are the 3 branches of government?

200

This established a bicameral legislature, with one house having equal representation and the other dependent on population.

What is the Great Compromise or the Connecticut Compromise?

200

These documents guaranteed colonists the same rights as Englishmen.

What are the Charters of the Virginia Company of London?

200
This principle stated that the government is not all-powerful and may do only those things people have given it the power to do.
What is limited government?
200
The beginning of the Constitution.
What is the Preamble?
200
This article tells how to amend the constitution.
What is article V?
300

This compromise was between slave states, who wanted those people counted in their population, and non-slave states, who didn't think that was fair, since slaves couldn't vote.

What is the 3/5 Compromise?

300
This declaration served as a model for the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the USA.
What is the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
300
This principle states that the government and those who govern are bound by the law.
What is rule of law?
300
The preamble states these six ideas.
What are a perfect union, justice, domestic tranquility, defense, welfare, and the blessings of liberty?
300
The fraction of state legislators needed to amend the constitution.
What is 3/4?
400

Some states wanted direct elections for President, and some wanted state-based electors, so they compromised by creating ________________.

What is the electoral college?

400
This document stated grievances against king George III and declared the colonies' independence from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
400

Passed after the Civil War, the Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed equal ________________, regardless of race.

What is protection?

400

This document, from 1215, influenced the making of the Constitution.

What is the Magna Carta?

400
The original amount of states that had to agree for a law to be passed.
What is 9/13?
500

This was added to the Constitution to make the Anti-Federalists feel better about having a strong central government.

What is the Bill of Rights?

500
This document established the freedom of religious beliefs and opinions.
What is the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?
500

This principle states that in a representative system of government, people elect public officeholders to make laws and conduct government on their behalf.

What is representative government?

500
The main goal of the Constitution.
What is to establish the structure of the US government?
500
Article V states two ways to introduce an amendment. Name them.
What is proposal by Congress and Proposal by a convention of states?
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