Numbers
Number of branches of government
What is three?
to reject
What is "veto"?
What is the Articles of Confederation?
the first ten amendments are known as this
What is the Bill of Rights?
the title of the head of the Department of State
Who is the Secretary of State?
Number of groups in Congress
What is two?
one or more over half
What is "majority"?
the plan of government based on population and favored by the larger states
What is the Virginia Plan?
The 4th Amendment states that in most situations this is needed to search and seize property
What is a search warrant?
the only time the vice president casts a vote in the Senate
What is when there is a tie?
Number of years a representative serves
What is two?
a set of basic principles that determine the powers and duties of a government
What is a "constitution"?
father of the Constitution
Who is James Madison?
this group is given right to vote in the 15th Amendment
Who are Black men?
What is a jury?
Number of states that were needed to ratify the Constitution
What is nine?
government in which voters elect others to make laws for them
What is "representative government" or a "republic"?
the group in Congress is sometimes called "the upper house"
What is the Senate?
the 6th Amendment guarantees this
What is a speedy trial?
one of the goals listed in the Preamble
What is to form a more perfect union? Establish justice? Ensure domestic tranquility? Provide for the common defense? Promote the general welfare? Secure the blessings of liberty?
Number of total representatives and senators in Congress
What is 535?
the idea that the people hold the final authority in government
What is "popular sovereignty"?
the compromise that allowed Congress to impose tariffs on imports but not exports
being punished for a crime that was not a crime when you did it
What is an ex post facto law?
this group opposed the Constitution
Who were the anti-federalists?