Key Terms
Early Government
Constitution
Amendments
Miscellaneous
100
To formally approve a plan or an agreement
What is "ratify"?
100
This branch of government is made up of the Supreme Court.
What is the Judicial Branch?
100
What was the event where the Constitution was created and why was it important?
What is the Constitutional Convention. It was important because it created the document that would guide how to run the United States.
100
This is a change to the U.S. Constitution.
What is an amendment?
100
What is one power of the federal government?
What is to coin money, post offices, military, declare war, immigration, treaties, interstate and foreign commerce.
200
A country governed by elected representatives.
What is a "republic"?
200
The executive branch is made up of these three people or groups of people.
What is the President, Vice President and Cabinet?
200
What is the main power of the legislative branch.
What is to create and pass laws?
200
Name one amendment in the Bill of Rights.
Amendment 1-10: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
200
What is one power of state government?
What is elections, create local government, schools, fire and police, licenses, intrastate commerce.
300
The first written plan of government for the United States.
What is the "Articles of Confederation"?
300
This is the current system to elect the President and Vice President.
What is the Electoral College?
300
Describe the basic of how a bill becomes a law.
What is Senate/House of Representatives -> President -> Supreme Court (can check its constitutionality)
300
This amendment allows freedom of religion, speech, assembly, petition and press.
What is the First Amendment?
300
This compromise solved the problem "how should slaves be counted? in a state's population for determining representation."
What is the 3/5th Compromise?
400
A written plan that provides the basic framework of a government, specifically the United States government.
What is a "constitution"?
400
Congress is made up of these two groups.
What is the House of Representatives and the Senate?
400
This is the main power of the executive branch.
What is execute or carry out laws?
400
This amendment protects you from cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the 8th Amendment?
400
This solved the problem "how should states be represented in the new government?"
What is the Great Compromise? = Senate: equal representation, House of Representatives: based on states populations
500
The power of the Supreme Court to decide whether laws and acts made by the legislative and executive branches are unconstitutional.
What is the "Judicial Review"?
500
This is the introduction to the Constitution and explains the main ideas what the United States was about.
What is the "Preamble"?
500
This is the main power of the judicial branch.
What is interpret or check the constitutionality of laws?
500
What is one important Amendment after the Bill of Rights? Be specific.
What is a variety from the 11th-27th.
500
Why is the amendment process important?
Because the Constitution is not perfect, and this allows things to change over time.
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