Pre-US and Enlightenment
This is rule by the people or population.
What is democracy?
This was America's first constitution, considered to be far too weak.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This is how long Presidential terms are.
What are 4-year terms?
This amendment protects a right to bear arms and the right to a citizen militia.
What is the Second Amendment?
This is a group with a collective identity capable of mobilizing resources
What is a state
A plan that proposed states should have representatives based on population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
These are the two "houses" which make up the United States Congress.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
This amendment protects against self-incrimination, double jeopardy, the right to the due process of law, and a trial in front of a jury.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
This was a Enlightenment philosopher that was a vocal advocate for religious tolerance and criticized the enforcement of religion by the state.
Voltaire
A plan that proposed all states should have an equal number of representatives.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
A system of government that is formed by a group of states with a central government.
What is federalism?
This amendment protects against excessive fines or bail, and against cruel or unusual punishment.
What is the Eighth Amendment.
This is an English philosopher, contributed to the Enlightenment by developing social contract theory.
Thomas Hobbes
This was a faction of representatives during the Constitutional Convention that opposed a stronger national government.
What were the Anti-Federalists?
This is how a constitutional amendment is passed.
What does passing a vote through Congress with a ⅔ majority, then passing ¾ of state legislatures do?
This amendment grants states control over powers not given to the federal government.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
This philosopher believed humans are born as "blank slates," gaining knowledge through experience, which challenged the idea of divinely appointed rulers.
John Locke
This was a series of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay defending the new United States Constitution.
What were the Federalist Papers?
This is how a presidential veto is overidden.
What does Congress passes a overriding vote by ⅔ majority do?
This amendment clarifies that citizens have rights beyond those that are written in the Constitution