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Construction 101
Art of Compromise
Change we can believe in
100
These folks can tell Congress, "Nice try, but your law doesn't pass muster -- it exceeds your limited powers."
What is the Supreme Court?
100
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
The Founders borrowed the concept of a bi-cameral legislature from these blokes.
What is England?
100
By giving in to the little states, the big states gave us this body.
What is the Senate?
100
To propose an amendment to the Constitution, this amount of support is needed in both houses of Congress.
What is 2/3rds?
200
With this one word, the President can stop Congress cold.
What is "veto"?
200
"Let us make mankind in our image."
Who is God?
200
England has never had a written constitution, so where did the Framers get the idea for one?
What are Royal Charters?
200
By agreeing to an upper chamber, the big states could have their way here.
What is the House of Representatives?
200
In order to add a constitutional amendment, this proportion of the states have to ratify it, either through their legislatures or by special conventions.
What is 3/4ths?
300
Congress might say this to whom? "You may think you can do whatever you want, but try doing it with no money in your budget."
What is the President?
300
"I will never depend on so slender a protection as the possibility of being represented by virtuous men."
Who is Patrick Henry?
300
The Framers saw the Mayflower Compact as a historical example of this mythical idea of Locke's.
What is the social compact?
300
The North gave in to the South on this one, which affected the South's power in Congress.
What is the 3/5 compromise?
300
The first ten amendments to the Constitution, adopted in 1791.
What is the Bill of Rights?
400
The Electoral College can tamp down this unruly mob.
What is "the people"?
400
"In order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, [blank] do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
What is "we the People"?
400
This agreement between the original states amply demonstrated the need for a stronger national government.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
400
This compromise has been called America's original sin.
What is constitutionally protecting the slave trade?
400
Some people erroneously claim that this body, when authoritatively interpreting the Constitution, actually "change" it.
What is the Supreme Court?
500
These political units existed before the Constitution was written, but their power continues to hold back the feds.
What are the states?
500
In November 2000, he might have said, "Hey, I should be President -- I got the most votes!"
Who is Al Gore?
500
As much as the Framers didn't want a King, they still gave us this top dog.
What is the President?
500
In their counter to the Virginia Plan, delegates from this state proposed that federal law would trump state law.
What is New Jersey?
500
This method of amending the Constitution, though contained in Article V, has never been used.
What is 2/3rds of state legislatures ask Congress to call a convention?