The new Constitution set up a bicameral lawmaking body made up of these two houses.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
100
Compromise that led to a bicameral legislature, house would be based on population and senate would have two members from each state no matter the size.
What is the Connecticut Compromise or the Great Compromise?
100
This city held the Constitutional Convention.
What is Philadelphia?
100
Created the Executive branch of government.
What is Article II of the Constitution?
200
Each branch checks the powers of the others. Examples include veto power, veto override power, and declaring laws and executive acts unconstitutional.
What are checks and balances?
200
This house requires members to be 25 years old, 7 years a citizen, and serves two year terms.
What is the House of Representatives?
200
Compromise that settled the dispute between northern and southern states over how slaves would be counted towards population.
What is the 3/5ths compromise?
200
This is the number of states required to ratify the Constitution.
What is 9 states?
200
Created the Legislative Branch of the constitution.
What is Article I of the Constitution?
300
A separation of state power and federal power in which the states have inherent power that cannot be taken away from them from the federal government.
What is is Federalism?
300
This house of congress requires its members to be at least 30 years of age, 9 years a citizen and serve 6 year terms.
What is the senate?
300
This plan separated the government into three branches and called for representation in congress to be based upon population which benefited large states.
What is the Virginia Plan?
300
These were the two most important states they waited for to ratify the Constitution despite already have the 9 necessary votes to ratify.
What are Virginia and New York?
300
Set up the Judicial Branch of the Constitution?
What is article III of the Constitution?
400
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial powers of the federal government.
What are separation of powers?
400
435 members in this house
What is the house of representatives?
400
This plan called for representation to be equal from all states - it benefited small states.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
400
Arguments against ratification of the Constitution included no Bill of Rights, and too much power given to the central government.
Who are Anti-Federalists?
400
Article of the constitution that lays out the rules for ratification of the new governmtent.
What is Article VII of the Constitution?
500
Power of the judicial branch to declare laws and executive acts unconstitutional
What is is judicial review?
500
There are 100 members of this house of congress and it is considered the upper house.
What is the Senate?
500
Clause in the Constitution that stretches the power of congress. It gives congress "implied powers" to execute laws that it needs to carry out the expressed powers.
What is the Necessary and Proper clause (or elastic clause)
500
Arguments by this group for ratifying the Constitution were based solely on the fact that the Articles of Confederation were too weak and needed to be replaced
Who are the Federalists?
500
This article is responsible for amending the Constitution.