Constitutional Convention
He wrote the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
Article 1 set up this branch of government
What is the legislative branch?
This was the greatest weakness of the Articles.
What is lack of funds?
(No way to collect taxes, could not pay soldiers, etc.)
What is 27?
The 26th amendment changed the voting age from 21 to _____.
What is 18?
This plan states that enslaved people count as 3/5’s of a person for representation purposes
What is the 3/5 Clause?
This article lays out the executive branch.
What is Article 2?
This event showed the ineffectiveness of the Articles
This amendment freed all enslaved people in the U.S.
What is the 13th amendment?
This principle helps prevent one branch from becoming too powerful
What is separation of powers?
This plan was a hybrid of VA and NJ Plans
What is the Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)?
These are the first three words of the Constitution.
What is "We the people"?
This was the greatest strength of the Articles.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
The 19th amendment gave this group the right to vote.
Who are women?
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay wrote this series of articles defending the Constitution
What are the Federalist Papers?
This plan suggested a bicameral legislature based on population
What is the Virginia Plan?
This branch of the national government (as laid out in Article 3) interprets the laws
What is the judicial branch?
He wrote the Articles of Confederation.
Who is John Dickinson?
This amendment is the only one to repeal an earlier amendment
What is the 21st?
This Reconstruction amendment prevents states from denying rights to citizens
What is the 14th amendment?
This was the last state to ratify the new Constitution.
What is New Hampshire?
This article sets up the concept of national supremacy
What is Article 6?
This treaty was signed under the Articles of Confederation, ending the American Revolution
What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
This article of the Constitution lays out the amendment process.
What is Article 5?
This principle of the Constitution refers to the division of power among national and state governments
What is federalism?