Dates, Places, and People
In which city was the Constitutional Convention held?
Philadelphia
Which Constitutional proposal based representation on state population alone?
The Virginia Plan.
All powers not granted to the new federal government under the Constitution were retained by which two groups?
States and Citizens (the people)
Right to an effective self-defense against danger
2nd Amendment
Right to a jury trial under commonly accepted law
7th Amendment
In which year were the Articles of Confederation signed into effect?
1781
Which Constitutional proposal gave every state equal representation no matter its size?
The New Jersey Plan.
The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Articles of the Constitution enumerate the respective duties and powers of the three branches of the federal government.
What are they (in order of the Articles)?
1st Legislative, 2nd Executive, 3rd Judicial.
Right to keep and have your own home for yourself
3rd Amendment
Right to think, speak, and gather freely
1st Amendment
These people believed that the Constitution provided a good balance of national and state powers.
Federalists
What resolved the dispute between anti-slavery northern states and southern slave states?
The Three-fifths Compromise
What does the 4th Article deal with?
The Relation of States to each other.
Unenumerated rights remain with states and citizens
10th Amendment
Right to be presumed innocent
5th Amendment
In which year was the Constitution put into effect?
1788
Who served as president of the Constitutional Convention?
George Washington
What does the 5th Article deal with?
Amending the Constitution
Right to a swift, open, and fair public trial
6th Amendment
Right not to be unreasonably or cruelly punished
8th Amendment
Daily Double
How many of the 13 states ratified the Constitution? and in what year
13 by 1790
What type of government lets citizens grant power to officials and representatives they elect for a set time.
a republic
What two things does the 6th Article deal with?
National debt and supremacy of the Constitution
Rights enumerated do not exclude unenumerated rights
9th Amendment
Right to hold your own possessions without interference
4th Amendment