The Constitution
One thing the U.S. Constitution does.
Forms the government
Defines powers of government
Defines the parts of government
Protects the rights of people
To allot each state a number of representatives based on their population.
A bomb sniffing animal from Cambodia died this week. What was the animal?
A Rat
Word that means "to give formal consent." (Hint: Describes the process for the states approving/accepting the Constitution)
Ratify
Checks and balances OR
So one doesn't become too powerful OR
Separation of Powers
What is one thing which distinguished the Virginia Plan from the New Jersey Plan?
Bicameral Legislature
Representation was determined by population.
Legislature could make and veto state laws.
Word that mean one-house legislature
Unicameral
What does "We the People" mean at the start of the U.S. Constitution?
Self-government OR
Consent of the governed OR
Example of the social contract
What is one thing which distinguished the New Jersey Plan from the Virginia Plan?
Unicameral legislature
Equal representation
National government provides defense, but does not override state authority
A volcano erupted where this week?
Tongo OR
a Polynesian Island off the coast of New Zealand
Word that means two-house legislature
Bicameral
What are changes to the Constitution called?
Amendments
What did the 3/5 Compromise do?
It agreed that each slave would count as 3/5 of a person for purposes of representation.
The Supreme Court issued a ruling that Biden administration had overstepped its authority by doing what?
Using OSHA to implement a vaccine mandate
Word in the preamble to the constitution which means "all future generations of people."
Posterity
Name the three branches of government.
Legislative, executive & judicial
(Congress, president, courts)
What compromise was made in The Great Compromise? (Hint: It established a bicameral legislature.)
The number or representatives from each state would be determined by population for the lower house and would be equal (2) in the upper house.
A political procedure where one or more Senators prolong debate on an issue so as to delay or avoid a vote on the matter.
Fillibuster
An economic condition in which prices (or costs) rise faster than wages weakening the buying power of money
Inflation