Constitution
The 2nd Amendment
What is the Right to Bear Arms?
The 9th Amendment
What is the protection against our government claiming we don't have a right just because it's not in the constitution
Constitutional Convention
What was the name of the meeting where the framers met to discuss and develop the Constitution?
This branch of the national government interprets the laws?
What is judicial?
The branch of government enforces the laws.
What is the Executive Branch
Who was the first head of the executive branch after the Constitution was written and established?
George Washington
Which branch gets to interpret the laws made by the legislative branch?
What is the Judicial Branch?
What is the tenth amendment?
What amendment gives the freedom of religion, speech, press and assembly?
What is 1st?
Name 1 branch of the US Federal government
Legislative, Executive and Judicial
The 6th amendment
What is the right to a speedy trial?
The right to remain silent
What is the 5th amendment?
The document that replaced the Articles of Confederation
What is the Constitution
Large states’ plan. Proposed a bicameral legislature, both houses would be based on populationWhat was the Virginia Plan?
What was the Virginia Plan?
The Right to a Jury in a Civil Case
What is the 7th Amendment?
What is an Anti-Federalist?
An Anti-federalist is a person that does NOT support the U.S. Constitution
This constitutional principle is the idea that each branch has different powers, so no one branch has too much power. Everyone has a different job and different powers.
Why are there 3 separate branches?
The right against the government searching and seizing your things.
What is the 4th amendment?
The 3rd amendment
What is the protection against soldiers claiming your home?
This branch has the job of writing the laws
What is legislative branch?
This branch has to enforce the laws
What is Executive Branch?
Small states’ plan. Gave states EQUAL representation in a uni-cameral (one body) legislature. Small states favored this plan because it protected the power of small states
What was the New Jersey Plan?
Why did the people who wrote the Constitution include a Bill of Rights?
to elect a president
to give them something to do
to protect individuals from the government
to protect individuals from the government
A system where each government branch has powers that keep any other branch from having too much control.
What is Checks and Balances?