Amendments 1-10
What's the First Amendment?
Freedom of Religion, Speech, Assembly, Press, and Petition.
What's the 12th Amendment?
Modifies and clarifies the procedure for electing vice-presidents and presidents.
What are concurrent powers?
Shared by the state and federal government. The power to regulate elections, taxing, borrow money, and establish courts.
What's the Virginia plan?
Called for a government with three branches: Legislative(makes laws), Executive(carries them out), and Judicial(interprets and applies laws). The Legislative Branch would be divided into two houses, each state represented by population.
What is federalism?
Government power is divided between Federal and state governments.
What's the Third Amendment?
No soldier should be quartered in any house without the owners' permission.
What's the 15th Amendment?
Gives citizens suffrage rights regardless of their race, color, or previous slave status.
What are delegated/expressed powers?
Powers of the congress and president. The power to tax, borrow money, regulate commerce, and declare war
What's the New Jersey plan?
Called for three branches of Government. Legislative BRanch would get one house where each state would be represented with one vote. Congress can set taxes and regulate trade.
What is republicanism?
People vote for people who will represent their views in government.
What's the Fifth Amendment?
Prohibits abuse of governmental authority in legal procedures. Protects citizens from self-incrimination and double jeopardy.
What's the 22nd Amendment?
A person can only be elected president for two terms. If they served more than two years of someone else’s term, they can only be elected for one more term.
What are reserved powers?
Powers not delegated by the United States Constitution are reserved for the states or people.
What's the Great Compromise?
The Legislative Branch has two houses. A Senate, where every state gets two votes. And a House of Representatives where it’s based on population. To pass a law both houses must approve.
What were the Articles of confederation
What's the Seventh Amendment?
Reserves individuals' rights to jury trial depending on the civil case, and cases already examined by not be re-opened by another court.
What's the 24th Amendment?
Citizens cannot be denied the suffrage rights for not paying a poll tax or any other taxes.
What are enumerated powers?
Powers granted to the federal government by Congress.
What was the first written constitution in America?
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
What did federalists want?
What's the Ninth Amendment?
Reserves the rights of citizens which the U.S. Constitution does not specifically mention.
What's the 27th Amendment?
Denies any laws that vary the salaries of Congress members until the beginning of the next terms of office for Representatives.
What are implied powers?
Powers granted to the United States that aren't specifically stated.
What was the first representative body in America?
House of Burgesses
What did anti-federalists want?