Bill of Rights
How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?
27
what are the 3 branches of government
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
what was the primary reason for madison writing federalist 51
to respond to brutus and to bring up the ideas of checks and balances and human nature.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
what is the Virginia plan?
outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The plan called for a legislature divided into two bodies
What amendment mentions life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?
The fifth and fourteenth
what is separation of powers?
What is the Federalist Papers?
This document was written in 1787 as part of a series aimed at persuading states to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
who wrote the declaration of independence
Thomas Jefferson
what is the new jersey plan?
designed to protect the security and power of the small states by limiting each state to one vote in Congress, as under the Articles of Confederation
What does the 6th amendment establish?
The amendment guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial?
when was the constitution published
september 17, 1787
What is creating a large republic?
Madison believed that this is the best way to control factions, as opposed to trying to eliminate them.
The Declaration of Independence was adopted in this year, marking the formal separation from Great Britain.
what is 1776
This compromise resolved the debate over representation by establishing a bicameral legislature with both proportional and equal representation.
What is the Great Compromise
Which amendment is freedom of speech
Amendment 1
what is it called when delgates gather in a specific place, to discuss possible changes to the constitution
constitutional convention
What are interest groups and political parties?
Madison identified these two types of factions, which can be driven by economic interests or political ideologies.
This philosophical influence on the Declaration emphasized natural rights and the social contract theory, notably by thinkers like John Locke.
What is Enlightenment philosophy?
This compromise allowed Congress to regulate interstate commerce but prohibited taxes on exports for a period of time.
What is the Commerce Compromise?
What is the name of the process that happens after the constitutional convention,when citizens have a new idea that they want to see put in congress?
Amendment process
what was the first amendment that the constitution started to change voting claus
15 amendment (1870) ; prohibting denying the rights to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What is Federalist No. 10?
This essay, written by James Madison, addresses the dangers of faction and advocates for a large republic to mitigate their effects.
The Declaration of Independence was signed by delegates of the Second Continental Congress, with this future president being the first to sign it.
Who is John Hancock?
This agreement counted three-fifths of a state's slave population for both representation and taxation purposes.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?