Constitution 1
The beginning, or introduction, to the Constitution is called the:
What is the Preamble?
This part of the Constitution assures that the document is living and adapting with the times.
What are Amendments?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
An idea for a new law.
What is a bill?
The authority of the state through the rule of the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
The philosopher that developed the three branches of government, known as separation of powers.
Who is Montesquieu?
The principle that each branch of government is given the power to check on the other two branches of government.
What is checks and balances?
The three main parts of the Constitution.
What are the Preamble, Articles, and Amendments?
The three branches of the federal government.
What are the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches?
The name given to the presidents' advisors.
What is the Cabinet?
A person who speaks for their citizens.
What is a representative?
Three goals of the Preamble.
What are to Form a more perfect union, Establish justice, Establish a common defense?
The group of people that supported a stronger federal government, and wanted the Constitution.
Who were the Federalists?
The group of people that did not want a stronger federal government, and were against the Constitution.
Who were the anti-federalists?
The anti-federalists opposed to the Constitution because...
What is afraid that they would lose individual rights?
The number of people that serve in Congress.
What is 535?
Votes needed by the states to change (amend) the Constitution?
What is 3/4?
There are seven of these in the Constitution.
What are Articles?
Votes needed in Congress to change (amend) the Constitution?
What is 2/3?
Was the President when the Constitution was created.
Who was George Washington?
The two houses - or chambers - of Congress.
What is House of Representatives and Senate?
A system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central (or national) government, and state governments.
What is Federalism?
The main principle of the Constitution that refers to the courts' having the ability to rule laws made by the legislative and executive branches as unconstitutional.
What is Judicial Review?
Who is the Vice-president?
The person in charge of the House of Representatives.
What is Speaker of the House?