Articles
Amendments
Compromises
Distribution of Power
Vocabulary Terms
100
The article which states legislative powers and covers how senators and House members are elected, how long they can serve, etc.
What is the first article?
100
A collection of amendments detailing rights for citizens.
What is the Bill of Rights?
100
Roger Sherman's plan for representation which was ultimately used in the Constitution.
What is the Great Compromise/the Connecticut Compromise?
100
Powers which are shared by the federal government and the state governments.
What are concurrent powers?
100
The division of power between states and the federal government.
What is federalism?
200
The article which covered the proposition of amendments to the Constitution.
What is the fifth article?
200
The amendment which directly details the rights of citizens.
What is the fourteenth amendment?
200
The compromise which determined how slaves were counted among a state's population.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
200
Powers that the Constitution neither gives to Congress nor denies to the states.
What are reserved powers?
200
Those who supported the ratification of the Constitution.
What are federalists?
300
The article which determined how the Constitution would be ratified.
What is the seventh article?
300
The amendment which extended the right to vote to people of color.
What is the fifteenth amendment?
300
A plan for representation which included two houses both based on population
What is the Virginia Plan?
300
A system which gives each branch of government ways to limit the power of the other two.
What are checks and balances?
300
The ability of a president or similar executive position to reject a bill proposed by Congress.
What does the term "veto" mean?
400
The article which covers state relations and describes how citizens from one state have access to rights given to citizens from other states.
What is the fourth article?
400
An amendment included in the Bill of Rights which states that the rights of citizens are not limited to those in the Bill.
What is the ninth amendment?
400
A plan for representation which was based upon one house with equal representation for each state
What is the New Jersey Plan?
400
A charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office / calling into question the integrity or validity of something.
What is impeachment?
400
A legislature composed of two houses, such as the legislative branch of the U.S. government.
What is a bicameral legislature?
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