Get the Convention Started!
Who is considered the Father of the Constitution?
James Madison
When both the House and the Senate approve a bill, where does it go next?
To the president
Which became official first? The Constitution or the Bill of Rights?
The Constitution
Which amendment guarantees the right to due process after being charged with a crime?
5th Amendment
How can you describe the 55 delegates that came to the Convention?
Well-educated men from upper class families
Describe what did the Great Compromise did for the structure of Congress?
Each state gets 2 senators and representatives are based on population
States manage schools and the federal government prints money. This is an example of what?
Federalism
Voting is an example of what Constitutional theory?
Popular Sovereignty
Which amendment guarantees the right to an attorney, even if you cannot afford one.
6th Amendment
What was the argument for a strong NATIONAL government?
To give more power to individual liberties
What did the 3/5th Compromise do?
Made it that 3/5 of the enslaved population would be counted for representation in Congress.
Federalists wanted what two things?
To support the Constitution and a strong national government
How does the U.S. government see Native American tribes?
As independent nations
Which amendment guarantees that journalists have the right to write news stories about government?
1st Amendment
What did Shay's Rebellion prove about the Articles of Confederation?
The Virginia Plan based its two houses on what?
Population
What is it called when one branch of government has the ability to limit the power of another?
Checks and Balances
What government documents protects individual liberties?
The Bill of Rights
Which amendment requires that police have a warrant before searching someone's home?
4th Amendment
What was the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance?
To determine how to make government in new territories
Why would people from the South want both free and enslaved people counted in their population?
It would give them more representation in Congress.
What principle keeps one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
Separation of Powers
List two advantages of the Commerce Clause?
- It allows goods to move freely across the country
- Easier to create businesses across state lines
- Helped create a single national economy
Which amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment?
8th Amendment