Before the Constitution
The Branch of government that the supreme court is a part of
What is the Judicial
What is the term for each branch of government having power to limit the power of the other two branches of government
What is checks and balances
Which branch of government is in charge of the American military?
What is the Executive
What is the Supreme Law of the Land?
What is the Constitution
Stated the colonists rationale to protect their natural rights by creating a new government
What is the Declaration of Independence
Who holds the power in a Democracy?
Who are the people?/What is popular sovereignty?
What determines how many representatives a state receives in Congress? (house of Reps)
What is a state's population
a series of essays written in support of ratifying the constitution
What are the Federalist Papers
resolved the issue of counting slaves into the population for apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives while also banning the slave trade after 20 years
What is the 3/5 Compromise
Original governing document that created strong states governments and a weak, ineffective central government
What is the Articles of Confederation
Type of democracy where citizens elect other people to make policy on their behalf
What is representative democracy
Referring to a division of power between the federal government and the states
What is federalism
What fraction of states had to agree to the ratification of the constitution.
What is 3/4
A resolution of the New Jersey and Virginia Plans creating a bicameral (2 house) congress with the upper house being the Senate lower house being the House of Representatives
What is the Connecticut/ "Great" Compromise
The event that best showed why the articles of confederation, failed to protect the United States as a whole.
What is Shay's Rebellion
Numbers of Senators in the U.S. Senate (Total)
What is 100
Which branch of government has the right to levy taxes?
What is the Legislative Branch
Who can propose changes to the Constitution?
What are the States or Congress
Compromise/Current system we use to elect the president indirectly in the U.S.
What is the Electoral College
English document that is considered the first modern document to contribute to democratic Ideas in America. Hint: Limited the power of the king.
What is the Magna Carta
What determines how many electors each state gets in the Electoral College during the presidential election?
What is a states members in congress (Representatives + Senators)
Political definition of granting power to an independent executive branch, legislative branch, and judicial branch.
What is separation of powers
What is the limit on the legislative branch that states you cannot be held against your will without an explanation by the government?
What is Habeas Corpus
What was Brutus 1's main arguement against the Constitution?
What is the idea that the central government would be too strong.