What are the five freedoms guaranteed by the 1st Amendment (I) of the Bill of Rights?
Religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
100
What state was the Constitutional Convention in?
Pennsylvania
100
What people in society tended to be Anti-Federalists?
Common people/ middle class
100
All Government power belongs to the people.
Popular Sovereignty
100
The Constitution and the Bill of Rights are both primary documents.
True
200
What does the 4th Amendment (IV) of the Bill of Rights say?
The gov't cannot cannot arrest a person or search their property unless there is a "probable cause" ( a valid reason/ a warrant).
200
What city was the Constitutional Convention in?
Philadelphia
200
What type of people in society tended to be Federalists?
Rich people
200
Power is divided between three branches of the national government
Separation of Powers
200
True or False: Both men and women were part of the creation of the Constitution.
False
300
Ms. Debowski was caught littering outside of Campus after school. When she went to trial, the jury found her guilty since there was a ton of evidence showing her guilt. The judge decided to make her walk from East Orange to Los Angeles and fill up 2 millions bags of trash with litter she found. Ms. Debowski told the judge she doesn’t have to fulfill this sentence.
Amendment (VIII) 8
300
How did large states want representation in Congress to work? [Hint: Virginia Plan]
Representation based on population
300
What kind of government did the Anti-Federalists want?
Strong state governments
300
Power is divided between the national government and the state governments
Federalism
300
Each branch of the national government is able to check the power of the other branches
Checks and balances
400
Jack wrote a long article for The Star Ledger describing the changes that students would like to see at Campus. The editor tried to stop Jack’s article from being published in The Star Ledger, but she was unsuccessful.
Amendment (I) 1
400
How did small states want representation in Congress to work? [Hint: New Jersey Plan]
Equal representation (every state gets the same #)
400
What type of government did the the Federalists want?
Strong central (national) government
400
Citizens elect representatives to carry out the will of the people
Republicanism
400
In your opinion, what is the most important amendment in the Bill of Rights. Why? Name the amendment, what it means, and why it's the most important.
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500
Nowhere in the Constitution does it talk about what part of the federal government is in charge of education. Today each state controls their state’s education system.
Amendment (X) 10
500
True or False: The Articles of Confederation was a “rough draft” of the laws and government of the United States of America.
True
500
Which group wanted a Bill of Rights?
Anti-Federalists
500
Government can do only what the people say it can do
Limited government
500
In your opinion, what is the most important amendment in the Bill of Rights. Why? Name the amendment, what it means, and why it's the most important.