3.1
The name of the uprising where a farmers and their slaves attacked the Congress of the Articles of Confederation
Shay's Rebellion
The elected group who selects the President
Electoral College
The executive branch is headed by ...
The President
The law applies to everyone
Rule of Law
The intro to the Constitution
Preamble
A word meaning approved or signed to effect
Ratify
Roger Sherman's Plan for the United States Government
The Great Compromise
The Constitution has less than (x) words
7000
The government can only do what the people allow it to
Limited Government
The middle of the Constitution (hint 7 )
Articles
a government consisting of 2 houses or parts
Plan for the states to each have 1 vote and for Congress to not be as weak.
New Jersey Plan
The final authority for interpreting the Constitution
Supreme Court
The constitution is the "supreme law of the land"
Supremacy Clause
The end of the constitution, detailing changes
amendments
The name of the Treaty that stopped the fighting between Britain and the United States
The treaty of paris
Plan that had each states representation be based only on the Population
Virginia Plan
The process for amending the constitution requires two steps, what are they
Proposal and Ratification
Powers that the federal government have "spelled out"
Enumerated Powers
The only amendment ratified using the special state convention
21st
The name of the Ordinance that set up the way that the United States surveys land
The Ordinance of 1785
Who is the "Father of the Constitution"
The first ten amendments of the Constitution are called?
The Bill of Rights
The power lies with the people
popular sovereignty
the Preamble of the Constitution has a section that says this : "and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity" What does Posterity mean?
Future Generations (Kids)