The Constitution
This document formally announced the separation of the thirteen colonies from Great Britain establishing the core principles of liberty and equality.
What was the Declaration of Independence?
This branch of the government makes the laws.
What is Legislative Branch?
The first constitution of the United States was
What was the Articles of Confederation?
This event showed one of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
What was Shay's Rebellion?
Presidents are limited to _____ terms and _____ years per term.
What is 2 terms and 4 years per term.
When was the Declaration of Independence ratified?
July 4, 1776
This guiding principle divides the power between the central or national government and the state government.
What is Federalism?
This principle of the Constitution states the ultimate power of the government comes from . . ."We the People..."
What is popular sovereignty?
There are currently _________ voting members of the House of Representatives and _________ members of the Senate.
What is 435 and 100 members?
The compromise decreed that 3/5th (60 percent) of the enslaved population would be counted for determining both taxation and representation in the House of Representatives to resolve disputes between northern and southern states.
What is the Three-fifth Compromise?
This compromise was an agreement that gave small states equal representation in the Senate, and representation in House based on population.
What was the Great Compromise?
A system in which people elect representatives to make policy and write laws
What is a Republic?
This Founding Father was known for drafting the US Constitution, the author of the Bill of Rights and writing the Federalists papers...thus he was widely known as the "Father of the Constitution.
Who was James Madison?
After much debate during the Convention, delegates finally agree to this system for electing the president of the United States.
What is the Electoral College?
After a bill has been debated and approved with a majority vote in Committee, it then goes to
What is the House Floor for a 2/3rd vote?
How many amendments are there to the Constitution
What are 27 Amendments to the Constitution?
This branch of the government enforces the laws of the government.
What is Executive branch?
The Constitutional Convention took place in this historic city
What is Philadelphia Pennsylvania?
One way in which Congress can check the Executive Branch is
What is overriding a veto?
Government powers are separated between the national and state governments is called
What is Federalism?
What is the basic structure of the Constitution?
There are three main parts of the Constitution: the Preamble, Seven Articles and Twenty-Seven Amendments.
This political group supported a strong central government and ratification of the Constitution, while the opposing political group feared tyranny, and favored a strong state government, demanding the Bill of Rights before ratifying the Constitution.
What two Political Parties at the Constitutional Convention?
Who were the Federalists and Anti-Federalists?
This founding father was unanimously chosen to be the President of the Constitutional Convention.
Who was George Washington?
This "Necessary and Proper Clause" is located in Article I, Section 8 that grants Congress the power to make laws necessary to execute their listed (or enumerated) powers in the Constitution such as taxation, borrow money, declare war and regulate commerce
What is the Elastic Clause?
Everyone must obey the law; government leaders must obey the law; government legislatures must obey the law; No one is above the law. This is known as:
What is the "rule of law"?