He was known as "The Father of the Constitution," largely because he drafted this document.
Who is James Madison, who drafted the Virginia Plan?
100
The Great Compromise solved the disputes between the large and small states over represenation by creating this.
What is a bicameral (2 houses) legislature, consisting of a House of Representatives (based on proportional representation) and a Senate (based on equal representation)?
100
The first three words of the Constitution demonstrate this principle.
What is popular sovereignty (the people rule)?
100
The Government sets aside $$ and then uses it for government programs, such as Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare.
What is promoting the general welfare?
100
The Constitution fixed the problem of no national court, by creating this, in this article, headed by this group of people, to do this.
What is the Judicial Branch, in Article III, headed by the Supreme Court, to interpret and explain the laws?
200
These were the individuals who preferred the Articles of Confederation as a plan of government, and worried about a strong central government taking power from the states.
Who are Confederationists?
200
The 3/5 Compromise settled the dispute between Northern and Southern states over whether or not to count slaves in the population by doing this.
What is counting 3/5 of all slaves for both representation purposes and taxation purposes?
200
Under Federalism, some powers are reserved for the states, some are delegated to the federal government, and some are this, or shared by the two.
What are concurrent powers?
200
The Constitution gives Congress the powers it needs to promote a national economy.
What is form a more perfect union?
200
The Constitution fixed the problem of no executive by creating this, in this Article, headed by this individual, to do this.
What is the executive branch, in Article II, headed by the President, to carry out the laws?
300
The New Jersey Plan called for this type of representation, in order to satisfy these sized states.
What is Equal Representation, preferred by the small states?
300
These individuals would not agree to ratify the Constitution until Federalists promised to add this to the Constitution.
Who are Federalists, who wanted a Bill of Rights added to protect individual and state rights?
300
This is how checks and balances work when making and ratifying a treaty with a foreign nation.
What is executive makes the treaty, but Senate (legislature) must then check the executive branch by ratifying (or approving) the treaty?
300
The Government sets up national police agencies, like the National Guard, to help protect people's lives and property, like during disasters.
What is ensure domestic tranquility?
300
The states all used different currencies under the Articles of Confederation, so the Constitution gave the power to coin money to only this branch of the national government.
What is Legislative Branch (Congress)?
400
Representation based upon population, called for by this plan.
What is proportional representation, found in the Virginia Plan?
400
The Commerce Compromise allowed Congress to do this, while the Slavery Compromise stopped Congress from doing this.
What is allowed Congress to regulate interstate and foreign trade, adn what is stopped Congress from doing anything to stop the importation of slaves for 20 years?
400
The 9th Amendment states that individuals have more rights than what you find in the Constitution, and the 10th Amendment states that the states or people hold all powers not delegated to the federal government. These guarantees for the people are part of this principle of government.
What is limited government?
400
Limiting the government's powers, and giving people the right to vote.
What is securing the blessings of liberty?
400
The national government had no taxation power under the Articles. The Constitution gave the power to tax to them.
What are the state AND federal governments (concurrent power)?
500
The 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia followed these three rules.
What are: 1) 1 state, 1 vote; 2) majority rules; 3) keep the proceedings a secret?
500
These were the articles written by Madison, Jay and Hamilton, to convince states that it was absolutely imperative to ratify the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
500
In 2008, Americans chose Barack Obama as President.
What is popular sovereignty?
500
Recite the Preamble.
What is "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
500
Interstate commerce was not regulated under the Articles, so Congress was given the power to regulate these types of trade, while states retained the power to regulate this type of trade
What is Congress could regulate interstate and foreign trade, and states could still regulate intrastate trade?