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Which branch does Article I set up?
What is the Legislative Branch
100
This plan proposed a new government which consisted of a bicameral legislature, an executive elected by the legislature, a separate national judiciary, state representation in Congress should be proportional based on state population
What is the Virginia Plan
100
A government that derives its authority from the people and in which citizens elect government officials to represent them in the processes by which laws are made.
What is a republic.
100
Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution gives Congress the power to do whatever it deems necessary and constitutional to meets it enumerated obligations.
What is the necessary and proper clause.
100
The name given to the rights possessed by all humans as a gift from nature or God.
What are unalienable rights
200
Article II sets up which branch?
What is the Executive Branch.
200
This plan called for a unicameral legislature based on an equal voice, an executive office composed of several people elected by Congress, and a Supreme Court whose members would be appointed by the executive office.
What is the New Jersey Plan
200
A two house legislature is also called this.
What is a bicameral legislature.
200
This clause states: "This Constitution, and the laws of the US which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land."
What is the Supremacy Clause
200
Each branch has their own distinct powers.
What is separation of powers
300
Article III sets up which branch?
What is the Judicial Branch.
300
Another name for the Great Compromise
What is the Connecticut Compromise
300
A union of independent states in which each state retains its sovereignty, rights and power, which is not by their agreement expressly delegated to a central governing body.
What is a confederation.
300
The Constitution's requirement that a state extend to the other states' citizens the same rights it grants its own citizens.
What is the privileges and immunities clause.
300
A system in which each branch of government can monitor and limit functions of the other branches.
What are checks and balances
400
The Senate's authority to approve or reject the president's appointments
What is advice and consent
400
A negotiated agreement by the delegates to the Constitutional Convention on how to count slaves for both representation and taxation.
What is the three-fifths compromise
400
A system of government in which ultimate governing authority is divided between two levels of government, a central government and regional governments, with each level having ultimate authority over different policy matters.
What is dual sovereignty.
400
The constitutional clause that requires states to comply with and uphold the public acts, records, and judicial decisions of other states
What is the full faith and credit clause
400
The name given to the first 10 amendments
What is the Bill of Rights
500
What does Article V set up?
What is the amendment process.
500
Compromise on how the executive is elected.
What is the Electoral College
500
Established Judicial Review
Marbury v. Madison
500
clause states that the United States Congress shall have power "To regulate trade with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes
What is the commerce clause
500
Total number of amendments to the US Constitution
What is 27