Feds or Anti-Feds
This was the United State's first form of government.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Name 3 branches of the US Federal government
What are the Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches?
The Constitutional Convention was held in this year.
What is 1787?
The rights protected by the 1st Amendment.
What are speech, religion, press, assembly, petition?
The people have the ultimate authority in the United States.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
Supported the constitution. Lead by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
Who are the Federalists?
This branch of government has 2 houses and makes the laws
What is the Legislative Branch?
The proposed plan that based representation in the states off of population. Popular with large, populous states.
What is the Virginia Plan?
This amendment protects you from unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the 4th Amendment?
A branch of government has the power to stop another branch from doing something.
What is Checks and Balances?
Who are the Anti-Federalist?
This branch enforces and carries out laws made by Congress.
What is the Executive Branch?
The Great Compromise proposed this idea.
What is a bi-cameral Congress?
This amendment grants you the right to a jury in civil cases.
What is the 7th Amendment?
The Bill of Rights was created to protect this principle.
What is Individual Rights?
The Father of the U.S. Constitution
Who is James Madison?
Which branch gets to interpret the laws made by the Congress?
What is the Judicial Branch?
The Constitutional Convention met in this city.
Where is Philadelphia?
This right says there is always room for more rights.
What is the 9th Amendment?
The idea that citizens elect representatives to govern on their behalf.
What is Republicanism?
This was the final demand for the Constitution to be ratified.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This person can veto a law.
Who is the President?
The number of states needed to ratify the Constitution to make it the supreme law of the land.
What is 9 out of 13 states?
This amendment shows the principle of federalism.
What is the 10th Amendment?
Power being shared between the federal government and the states.