Lesson 1
The Constitution.
What is a detailed, written plan for government?
Delegates met together to go to a Convention.
What happened May 25, 1787?
The introduction to the Constitution.
What is the Preamble?
Power belongs to the people.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses.
What does bicameral mean?
The Articles of Confederation.
What was the first US government named?
George Washington.
Who was chosen to guide the convention?
To make sure that all citizens are treated equally.
What is "To establish justice"?
The Declaration of Independence.
What is a statement about Popular Sovereignty?
A law, usually of a city or county.
What is Ordinances?
The Ordinance of 1785.
What sets up a plan to survey land?
The Virginia plan.
What plan made larger states have more votes than smaller states?
Article II in the Constitution.
What explains the Executive branch and how it works?
Checks and Balances.
What keeps each branch of government from becoming more powerful than the others?
Slaves would only be counted as three/fifths when the state is counting population.
What does the Three-Fifths- Compromise mean?
Shays's Rebellion.
What was it called when farmers went into debt and lost their land, and business people lost their jobs, and the Government couldn't help them?
Roger Sherman of Connecticut.
Who decided congress would have two houses?
The first 10 amendments in the Constitution.
What makes up the Bill of Rights?
Enumerated powers, Reserved powers, and Concurrent powers.
What are the three types of power?
Any change to the constitution.
What does Amendment mean?
Daniel Shays.
Who made a rebellion to stop the government from taking other peoples land?
Federalists
What were people called that supported the new Constitution?
Proposal and Ratification.
What are the two steps in amending the Constitution?
The Constitution.
What does the entire system of government in the US depend on?
Principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern.
What does rule of Law mean?