Lesson 1
Legislature divided into two houses.
What is bicameral?
Began on May 25, 1787 in Philadelphia.
What was the Constitutional Convention?
The first of the three parts of the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Preamble?
The idea that the power of the government comes from the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
Albert Einstein was a genius. His brother Frank was this.
What is a monster? (Frankenstein!)
Our Bill of Rights can be traced back to one of these two English documents.
What is the Magna Carta or the English Bill of Rights?
This plan proposed representation in Congress based on population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
The number of Articles in the U.S. Constitution.
What are seven?
The idea that the government can do only what the people allow it to do.
What is limited government?
A winning record in Sumo. (Kachi-koshi)
What is 8-7?
This term means "to approve".
What is ratify?
This plan proposed that each state would have one vote in the one house of Congress.
What is the New Jersey plan?
Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution sets up how this part of the government works.
What is Congress or the Legislature?
Powers given to the national or central government & are written out in the U.S. Constitution are called this:
What are enumerated?
This uprising led Americans to question if the government under the Articles of Confederation was too weak.
What was Shay's Rebellion?
The first constitution of the United States.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Fraction that resolved the issue of representation in the South.
What is 3/5?
The last of the three parts of the U.S. Constitution.
What are Amendments?
Powers set aside for the states in the Constitution are called this:
What are reserved powers?
The number of votes needed by Congress to override a President's veto.
What is 2/3 of Congress?
The Northwest Ordinance in 1787 did this.
What is made slavery against the law in the Northwest Territory?
This group argued against the Constitution and a strong central government.
Who were the Anti-Federalists?
The "necessary and proper" clause provides Congress with these types of powers.
What are implied powers?
The statement in the U.S. Constitution that gives Federal Law authority over State Law is called this:
What is the Supremacy Clause?
Creator of the Great Compromise.
Who is Roger Sherman?