Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention met in this city.
Where is Philadephia, PA?
He is the considered the Father of the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
He wrote the Bill of Rights.
The right to bear arms.
What is the Second Amendment?
The right to a trial by jury.
What is the Seventh Amendment?
The delegates were against one group having too much power because they wanted to avoid this from happening?
What is a dictatorship?
After the Great Compromise, the Constitutional Convention divided the Government into how many branches?
What is three?
Amendments to the Constitution, or changes, are also known as this.
What are Articles?
What is the Third Amendment?
The right to counsel.
What is the Sixth Amendment?
September 17, 1787
What is the signing of the Constitution?
This is a system set to monitor the power of the branches of the federal government.
December 15,1791
What is the ratification of the Bill of Rights?
The freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the First Amendment?
This amendment expresses states' rights, by stating that the federal government has only those powers delegated to it by the Constitution.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
This is the written plan of government and the supreme law of the land.
What is the Constitution?
These are the three branches of government.
What is Judicial, Legislative & Executive?
The Bill of Rights is a document with the first how many amendments to the Constitution?
What is ten?
The right against unreasonable searches.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
The protection against cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the Eighth Amendment?
Under these the central government could not impose taxes, pass laws or regulate trade.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This, beginning with the words We the People, is a brief introductory statement of the Constitution's fundamental purposes and guiding principles.
What is The Preamble?
This is for whom the Bill of Rights includes a variety of protections.
Who is the individual citizen?
The right to not having to testify against yourself if you're accused of committing a crime.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
This amendment states that the rights of the people are not limited to just the rights listed in the Constitution.
What is the Ninth Amendment?