Principles of the Constitution
This is the principle that the state shouldn't have absolute power.
What is limited government?
The compromise that decided how much enslaved people counted for the purposes of political representation and taxation.
How many Representatives are there in each state?
How many Senators are there in each state?
It's determined proportional to the population.
Two per state.
This is the type of legislature that Congress is (hint: it's latin)
What is Bicameral?
100
100
The principle that different branches of government should have different powers.
What is separation of powers?
This is the Great Compromise.
What is "created a bicameral legislature with the lower house having proportional representation and the upper house having equal representation"?
How old must one be to be a Representative?
How old must one be to be a Senator?
25 years old.
30 years old.
100 points for every power of the Senate your group can name.
-Try and convict public officials
-Approve foreign treaties
-Approve appointments to executive and judicial offices (Cabinet members, SC justices)
200
200
The principle that one branch of government can limit the power of another branch.
What are checks and balances?
This plan called for proportional representation in Congress.
What is the Virginia Plan?
Term length for a Representative.
Term length for a Senator.
2 years.
6 years.
100 points for each power of the House of Representatives your group can name.
-Impeach public officials
-Power of the Purse
-Decide the President in the event of a tie
300
300
The principle that people have basic liberties and freedoms that should be protected.
What are individual rights?
This plan called for equal representation in Congress.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
How many Senators are there in total?
435.
100.
100 points for each power your group names that is FORBIDDEN to Congress.
-No Bills of Attainder
-No Ex Post Facto
-No titles of nobility
-No export taxes between states
400
400
The principle that state and federal governments should share power, with the federal government being supreme.
What is federalism?
This is the deal reached between the north and the south regarding the international slave trade.
What is "Congress cannot ban the slave trade for at least 20 years."
How long must one be a citizen to be a Representative?
How long must one be a citizen to be a Senator?
7 years.
9 years.
100 points for each power your group names that is FORBIDDEN to the states.
-No Bills of Attainder
-No Ex Post Facto
-No coining of money
-No making foreign treaties
-No letters of marque
500
500
The principle that people should decide for themselves what their government looks like.
What is popular sovereignty?
This politician was the central figure in negotiating the Great Compromise.
Who was Roger Sherman of Connecticutt?
The number of Congressional districts that Massachusetts has.
What is nine?
Meaning of "habeas corpus".
600
600