What are our unalienable rights?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness (or Property)
What is a two house legislature called?
Bicameral
A system that prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful.
Checks and Balances
Compromise between large and small states
The Great Compromise
Based on the Great Compromise, how is it determined how many Senators and Representatives each state gets?
Each state gets 2 Senators and Representatives is based on population
The judicial department is made up of...
the Supreme Court and court systems
The 19th amendment does what?
Gave women the right to vote
A type of government were the people vote for individuals to represent them in the government.
Republicanism
What branch of government does the 2nd article in the Constitution talk about?
Executive
Created a compromise that described how slaves would be counted towards population counts.
3/5ths Compromise
Citizens are subject to federal and state governments.
Federalism
The Great Compromise combined what two plans together?
The Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan