Checks and Balances
Reject a proposal
Veto
The Plan at the Constitutional Convention that called for a strong national government with three branches and two-chamber legislature.
Virginia Plan
In 1791, the Bill of Rights contained how many amendments?
10
The President is part of this branch
Executive
Who was elected the first President of the United States?
George Washington
Impeachment
The plan at the Constitutional Convention, favored by small states, that called for three branches of government with a single-chamber legislature.
New Jersey Plan
Currently, there are how many amendments?
27
Branch that makes laws.
Legislative
What is the name of the series of 85 newspaper essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison, who argued in support of the Constitution?
Federalist Papers
The Supreme Court can declare laws this?
Unconstitutional
A plan at the Constitutional Convention that settled the differences between large and small states.
Great Compromise
What does the 1st amendment protect?
Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, and Freedom of Press.
Judicial
How many Articles make up the main body of the Constitution?
7
The president is the Commander-in-Chief of this?
Military
An agreement at the Constitutional Convention stating that three-fifths of a slave would be counted in the state population.
Three-Fifths Compromise
What rights does the 5th amendment guarantee us? Need only one answer.
1. Right to grand jury
2. No Double Jeopardy
3. No self-incrimination
4. Right to due process
5. Eminent domain
How many senators make up the Senate?
100
What is the name of the 1786 organized uprising of a 1000+ farmers as result of the courts seizing the farms of those who could not pay their debts?
Shays' Rebellion
Congress
Who is considered the "Father of the Constitution?"
James Madison
What is one of two ways an amendment can be proposed?
1. Congress can propose an amendment with support of 2/3 of each house.
2. State legislature can call for a national convention to propose an amendment.
How many representatives make up the House of Representatives?
435
What is the name of the first American constitution, which created a loose alliance of 13 independent states?
Articles of Confederation