The Constitutional Convention
What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
What is to fix the problems of the Articles of Confederation?
What was the Federalists opinion on the U.S Constitution?
What is supported the new U.S. Constitution?
What is the main job of the Legislative Branch?
What is to write and make the laws?
The first three sections create what three branches of government?
What is the Legislative, Judicial, and the Executive?
The Virginia Plan called for representation based on ________.
What is state population in both houses of Congress?
What was the Anti-Federalists opinion on the U.S Constitution?
What is opposed the new U.S. Constitution?
What are the two houses that make up the U.S. Congress?
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?
By beginning the Constitution with “We the People,” the Framers emphasized that authority for the government comes from whom?
What is the citizens of the United States, not the states or a king?
The New Jersey Plan called for representation to be ________.
What is equal across all states in one house of Congress?
What was the main argument Anti-Federalists made against ratifying the Constitution?
What is it lacked a Bill of Rights?
What determines how many Representatives a state gets in the House of Representatives?
What is based on a state’s population?
What freedoms are protected by the First Amendment?
What are freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition?
The Great Compromise created what kind of legislature?
What is a bicameral legislature — one house based on population and one with equal representation?
What was the purpose of adding the Bill of Rights to the Constitution?
What is to guarantee individual rights and liberties?
How is representation determined in the Senate?
What is equal representation — two senators per state?
Which part of Congress has the power to propose tax bills and impeach government officials?
What is the House of Representatives?
What did the 3/5th Compromise do?
What is solving how enslaved people would be counted for both taxation and representation?
Alexander Hamilton created how many Federalist Papers?
(Think Hamilton Musical)
What is 51 Papers?
If the president vetoes a bill, what power does Congress have to check the president’s decision?
What is the power to override the veto with a two-thirds vote in both houses?
What clause in the Constitution allows Congress to make laws that are “necessary and proper” for carrying out its listed powers?
What is the Elastic Clause (Necessary and Proper Clause)