Articles of Confederation/ The Constitutional Convention
What happened in Massachusetts after the Revolutionary War that proved the Articles of Confederation were not suitable for the new nation?
Shays Rebellion
The Three-Fifths Compromise stated
Enslaved people counted as ⅗ a person for representation purposes
The amount needed to ratify the Articles of Confederation
The number needed to sign the Treaty of Paris
Enslaved people counted as ⅗ a person for representation purposes
Article I of the Constitutions defines the Expressed Powers of which branch of government?
a. Legislative
b. Executive
c. Judicial
a Legislative
What is the name of the first 10 amendments to the Constitution that express the individual rights of citizens?
The Bill of Rights
Powers directly stated in the Constitution
No power to collect taxes
No power to raise an army
Too much power at the state level
Overall, just too weak
Which amendment gives citizens the freedom of speech?
1st Amendment
This part of the Constitution lays out the purpose of the document.
the Preamble
What is republicanism in terms of the Constitutional principles?
A political party
Citizens voting for people to represent them in Congress
Citizens voting for a president
Citizens voting for people to represent them in Congress
What was the primary reason for holding the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
to change the Articles of Confederation
What is job of the judicial branch and who makes up the branch?
Interprets the law
Supreme Court and federal courts
Which branch of the government has the power to collect taxes?
The Legislative Branch (Congress)
What is the purpose of checks and balances?
to prevent one branch from being too powerful
A person commits a crime in CT and flees to CA. The person is found by CA authorities and returned to CT. What is this called?
Constitution’s Privileges and Immunities Clause
Extradition
Full Faith and Credit Clause
Extradition
How was representation decided for the Constitution? (AKA what did the Great Compromise say come up with?)
Congress is made up of the House of Representative (based on population) and the Senate (equal number per state)
What is the job and role of the Executive Branch?
carries out (executes) the law
President, VP, and the Presidential Cabinet
The role and powers of the judicial branch are listed under Article...
Article 3
Why is having a limited government important?
It helps protect individual rights.
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) was a Supreme Court Case. The issue at hand was whether the United States had the power to create the Second Bank of the United States, which had not been expressly stated in the Constitution. Further at issue was whether a state had the power to tax that bank. The Supreme Court decided unanimously for the United States: They can create a bank (in support of Clause 2), and it can't be taxed (Clause 3).
Expressed power
The Necessary and Proper Clause
Full Faith and Credit Clause
The Necessary and Proper Clause
The Virginia Plan wanted representation based on
Population of a state
A police officer stops you while you are driving for no reason and asks everyone to step out of the vehicle and starts looking inside. What Amendment are you protected from this?
4th Amendment (Freedom from unreasonable search and seizures)
This Article to the Constitution asserts that federal laws are the "Supreme Law of the Land."
Article 6
What's an example of the separation of powers in the Constitution?
Legislative, judicial, and executive branch
To which one of the listed situations would the protections of the Full Faith and Credit Clause regarding interactions between the states and their people apply? "Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State." —Article IV, Section 1
A man taking a trip wants his driver's license from one State to be accepted as proper identification in another State.
A policeman crosses into another State and issues a speeding ticket to a driver in that State.
A student living out-of-state expects to pay the same amount of tuition at a public university as in-state residents pay.
A man taking a trip wants his driver's license from one State to be accepted as proper identification in another State.