1st US Constitution
The first US Constitution had the initials AOC which stands for ____________.
Articles of Confederation
The debate between the large states (Virginia plan) and small states (New Jersey plan) was about how much _________ each state should get.
power, representation
John Locke wrote that all people are born with natural ____________.
rights
A compromise is when different people or groups give in so that they can reach an _________________.
agreement
The three branches of government are _________, _____________, and _________________.
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
Many states would not ratify or approve the Constitution because they still felt the National Government was too powerful. What was promised to be added to the Constitution if they would ratify it?
The Bill of Rights
A problem with the Articles of Confederation was that it had a very _________ National Government.
weak
The 3/5 Compromise was over how to count the __________.
slaves.
Rousseau wrote in The Social Contract that the people give the government power as long as the government protects what two things.
their rights and their property
The Great Compromise was reached between _______ states and _________ states.
large and small
Which branch of government is in charge of the nation's money or finances, creates the nation's laws, and can declare war?
Legislative branch
The First Amendment is one of the most famous of our rights. It guarantees 5 things. Freedom to petition the government. Freedom for citizens to meet and protest things they do not like, and name the other three things.
Freedom of speech, religion, and of the press.
One way the Articles of Confederation were so weak is because the national government could not collect ________ so it could not pay for anything.
taxes
The Great Compromise or Connecticut Plan gave each state equal representation of 2 in which House of the Congress?
Senate
Montesquieu wrote that the best way to limit the power of the government was to divide the power between ________________.
3 branches of government
In the Great Compromise, large and small states were referring to their ____________________.
population
Only the President can choose Federal Judges, Ambassadors, and members of his Cabinet, however, he can be checked by this branch of government which must ratify or approve his choices.
Legislative
The 5th Amendment guarantees your right to remain silent. The founders wanted to make sure people were not ___________ into making confessions.
tortured
Most of the power in the government belongs to the __________, not the national government
states
The 3/5 Compromise gave this group of states greater representation in the House of Representatives due to 3 out of every 5 slaves being counted for representation.
southern/ south
Voltaire made fun of the church and the government and was thrown in jail for the things he wrote. This made him a great defender of these two 1st Amendment Rights.
Freedom of speech and freedom of religion.
The 3/5 compromise was an agreement between two groups of states from different areas of the United States. What were those two areas?
North and South
Which branch of government is most powerful?
None are supposed to be more powerful, their power is supposed to be about equal.
Trials are public to make sure they are _________.
Fair
The word Mr. Leyva always used to describe the Articles of Confederation.
mid
The Great Compromise which set up two houses of Congress, the Senate with equal representation of 2 senators for each state and the House of Representatives with representation based on population, helped create which branch of government?
The Legislative Branch
John Locke wrote that all people have the right to life, liberty and property. When the Declaration of Independence was written, this was changed to life, liberty and _____________________.
the pursuit of happiness.
Problems would continue between the North and Southern states after the 3/5 Compromise. Eventually, the Southern States will declare war against the Northern states. This war will be called the ________________.
Civil War
When a bill (law) is approved by Congress or the Legislative Branch and signed by the President or Executive Branch, it becomes a law. However, which branch can still stop this law if they find the law does not follow our constitution?
Judicial
The 4th Amendment guarantees our right to privacy. However your home, technology, car and person can still be searched as long as law enforcement has a _______________.
warrant