Constitution
This is known as a change to the constitution
What is an amendment
What is the 3/5th compromise
Anti-Federalists believed the Constitution needed a
What is the Bill of Rights?
This system of govt says the govt can't only do what the people want
What is limited government?
The articles were known as nothing more than
What is a league of friendship?
This term is the beginning of the Constitution
What is the preamble
This plan called for a two house legislature
What is the Virginia Plan>
This group favored a national bank
What is federalist?
This document specifies certain powers that cannot be infringed on by either state or federal government
What is the Bil of Rights
The Articles of Confederation called for this amount of houses
What is one house?
The US Constitution contains this many amendments
What is 27
This plan was based on the Articles of Confederation with one house
What is New Jersey Plan/
The federalists were led by
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
This states that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land
What is the Supremacy Clause?
Among few, the Articles of Confederation had this type of strength
What is prohibited slavery in the new states?
The constitution consists of how many articles
What is 7?
The Sherman Plan was another name for
What is the Great Compromise
Anti-federalists believed the Constitution was extralegal, meaning
What is not sanctioned by law?
This divides the duties of government
What is Seperation of Powers?
List 3 of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
What is:
No executive branch
no national court system
no power to levy taxes
no power to coin money
no power to enforce laws
This person wrote the final draft of the constitution
Who is Gouverneur Morris?
This plan resulted in the inability of Congress to tax state export or slave trade until 1808
WHat is the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
The System of {what} prevents a branch from becoming too powerful
What are checks and balances?
This idea says the power lies with the people
What is popular soverignty?
Of the 13 states, this many were required to pass laws
What is 9?