Checks and Balances
The check by the executive happens to the legislature when the president does not sign a bill into law.
What is a veto?
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The Compromise, known for being great, gave us the bicameral (or 2 body) legislature we have now.
What is the Great Compromise?
The Bill of Rights are changes, or this other word, to the constitution.
This event in Massachusetts, of farmers revolting against the courts, showed that the Articles of Confederation was weak.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
Under the Articles of Confederation this form of government was stronger than the national.
What is State?
This branch can declare a law unconstitutional.
What is Judicial?
This branch of government is in charge of writing laws.
What is the Legislative branch?
The First Amendment gives Americans the freedom of speech, assembly, petition, press, and this other freedom.
What is religion?
This ordinance in 1787 gave the United States a new way to admit states into the union.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
What is land?
This branch has the power to approve or reject treaties made by the president.
This branch of government, headed by the president, is in charge of enforcing laws passed by Congress.
What is the Executive Branch?
You have the right to this under the 2nd Amendment.
What is bear arms?
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This plan at the constitutional convention would have given more power to larger states rather than the New Jersey Plan which wanted equal representation.
What is the Virginia Plan?
This man is known as "Father of the Constitution"
Who is James Madison?
Congress can override a presidential veto with this fraction of votes in both houses.
What is 2/3s?
The Supreme Court belongs to this branch of government.
What is Judicial?
What is 3rd Amendment?
This document, written in 1787, is the supreme law of the United States.
What is the Constitution?
This compromise valued enslaved Africans at a fraction (hint) of their white counterparts.
What is the 3/5ths Compromise?
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The president can be removed from office through this two-step process.
What is impeachment/ trial?
This is the process by which one branch ensures that another does not gain more power than allowed.
If you were arrested, you might claim "I plead" this constitutional amendment so that you don't perjure yourself.
What is the 5th Amendment?
These first ten amendments to the Constitution protect individual freedoms.
One major problem under the Articles of Confederation was that states were responsible for printing money. To fix this under the Constitution the Congress can now print money and do this.
What is taxation?