Powers of Government
Powers shared by the Federal and State governments like raising taxes, borrowing money, and criminal justice.
What are Concurrent Powers?
The president and the vice president of the United States would be part of this branch of government.
What is the Executive Branch?
To make sure no branch has too much power, the constitution provides for this system in which power is divided between 3 branches of government.
This plan was proposed by the small state of _______________ which argued for a single chamber of congress and each state receiving 1 vote.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
Freedom of the press, speech, assembly, religion, and other things are protected by this amendment.
What is the 1st Amendment?
The Supreme Court and the Court system is part of this branch of the United States government.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This is the system government in the United States. This system operates by electing representatives to make laws and decisions for the population.
What is a Republic?
This plan was proposed by a larger state in the union. It proposed a legislative branch with 2 chambers and each chamber have representatives based on each states population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
This amendment is best described as the right to bear arms. The original intention of this Amendment was to ensure safety at home.
What is the 2nd Amendment?
The system in which the many state governments and the single federal government work together and share government power.
What is Federalism?
This branch of government is able to veto laws, call special sessions of congress, propose laws, grant pardons for crimes, and appoint federal judges.
What is the Executive Branch?
These would be the names of the three branches of government in the United States.
What are the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative Branches?
The plan proposed by Roger Sherman to combine the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan. With this plan, congress would have 2 chambers with the house receiving representatives based on states population and the senate set to 2 per state.
What is the Great Compromise?
This Amendment is best known for its use in trials allowing the accused to "Plead the _____" sighting their rights to remain silent given by this amendment.
What is the 5th Amendment?
Powers that belong specifically to the state governments like establishing schools, marriage and divorce proceedings, and regulating trade within their state.
What are Reserved Powers?
The power to declare laws made by congress or actions taken by the president as unconstitutional lies with this branch of government.
What is the Judicial Branch?
The solution made by the government to ensure no branch can become too powerful. This system allows the other branches to limit the power of each other.
What are Checks and Balances?
This compromise was made by the Framers of the Constitution to account for slaves in the South. To represent them in population, slaves were counted as 3/5ths of a person.
What is the 3/5ths Compromise?
Currently there are this many amendments to the Constitution of the United States.
What is 27?
The Framers of the Constitution wanted this type of government in which the powers of government were strictly defined and given by the people.
This branch of government is able to declare war, impeach a president, and override a presidents veto.
What is the Legislative Branch?
This is the term length for a Pennsylvania State Senator.
What is 4 years?
(Final Jeopardy) Another phrase used to describe the constitution. It describes the process for how to settle contradictions or arguments between state and federal laws in which the federal law always wins.
What is the Supreme Law of the Land?
Double Jeopardy
This Amendment promised all rights not given to the federal government by the Constitution to the States.