Constitution
Guarantees a trial by jury and due process of law and guards against double-jeopardy and self-incrimination.
5th Amendment
This group of 55 delegates met at the Philadelphia Convention with the windows closed.
the Framers
In the Senate, states would be represented equally. In the House, the representation for each state would be based on population.
the Great Compromise
On May 25th, 1787, this state did not attend the Philadelphia Convention.
He was unanimously selected as the president of the Philadelphia Convention.
George Washington
Passed in 1964, this amendment banned poll taxes as a condition of voter qualification.
24th Amendment
The first ten amendments to the Constitution.
The Bill of Rights
Northern States vs Southern States ... Technically, the South won.
the Three-Fifths Compromise
They focused on the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and supported ratification of the Constitution.
Federalists
French nobleman who was educated in law.
In 1748, he published his greatest work entitled, The Spirit of the Laws.
Charles Montesquieu
With the words, "We the People," it is an introductory statement of the Constitution's fundamental purpose, aims, and justification.
the Preamble
A method of distributing power where power is divided among the national, or central, government, and regional governments, such as states and cities.
Federalism
This compromise was over taxation and representation.
the Three-Fifths Compromise
The name of the enslaved women who birthed children from a well known president.
Sally Hemings
He led the effort to add the Bill of Rights to the Constitution as a requirement for the support of the anti-Federalists.
Thomas Jefferson
This document established a bicameral legislative branch, a president in the executive branch, and gave Congress the power to tax.
the Constitution
The power of courts to examine the actions of the legislative and executive branches of government and determine whether those actions are consistent with the constitution.
Judicial Review
Congress was forbidden the power to tax the export of goods from any state, and Congress would not be
able to interfere with the slave trade for a period of at least twenty years.
Commerce Compromise
This Article of the Constitution created the Judicial Branch
Article III
Perhaps he is the most known figure from the Civil Rights Movement. Born in Atlanta, there is a statue created in his honor.
Martin Luther King Jr.
This document up a simple government structure with a unicameral legislative branch. Congress did not have the power to tax and had to rely on asking the states to borrow funds.
the Articles of Confederation
This concept provides that the people reign supreme.
Popular Sovereignty
This compromise is also known as the Connecticut Compromise.
the Great Compromise
A book title and a mythological sea creature that devoured entire ships and likened the leviathan to government – a powerful state created to
impose order.
Leviathan
He believed, if the sovereign violated rights, the social contract was broken, and the people had the
right to revolt and establish a new government.
John Locke