This federal law outlawed slavery, allowed religious freedom, and guaranteed trial by jury in the Ohio River Valley.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
100
This system prevented one branch of government from gaining too much power.
What is checks and balances?
100
This amendment guaranteed the right to a fair, speedy and public trial.
What is the 6th Amendment?
100
These people believed that the Bill of Rights is necessary in addition to the Constitution in order to protect individuals' and states' rights.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
100
Although President Obama expressed his support of gay marriage, his inability to legalize it is an expression of what concept under the constitution?
What is states' rights?
200
Under the Articles of Confederation, the following were voluntary by state.
What is taxes and military service?
200
In the process of a bill becoming a law, this action taken by the Senate delays the passage of a bill.
What is filibuster?
200
This amendment outlawed the quartering of soldiers in homes during peacetime.
What is the 3rd Amendment?
200
This system distinguished Reserved Powers and Delegated Powers.
What is Federalism?
200
This plan established the system of the federal government as it is known today.
What is the Connecticut Plan/Great Compromise?
300
These riots of debted Massachusetts farmers showcased the weakness of the Articles of Confederation in its inability to allow the Federal Government to control taxes and subdue these riots.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
300
This amendment was used by Alexandar Hamilton to justify the establishment of the National Bank.
What is The Elastic Clause?
300
Under the rights given in this amendment, US citizens are allowed to practice religion freely.
What is the 1st Amendment?
300
In this Supreme Court case decision, the state of Maryland did not hold the power to tax The National Bank, a federal institution.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
300
When the construction for the new Tappan Zee Bridge begins, the State of NY will use this 5th amendment concept to displace South Nyack residents.
What is Eminent Domain?
400
This aspect of the Articles of Confederation allowed interstate commerce and eliminated trade barriers and tariffs between states.
What is Free Trade and Free Entrance?
400
During the Constitution Convention, these plans included a bicameral legislature.
What is Madison's Virginia Plan, Hamilton & The British Plan, and Pickney's Plan?
400
The rights given in this amendment prevent a US citizen from being put on trial for a second time for the same crime (also known as double jeopardy).
What is the 5th Amendment?
400
Led by Madison and Jefferson, these statements declared the Alien and Sedition Acts unconstitutional, which asserted states' rights.
What are the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions (1798-1799)?
400
Although it is not directly stated in the Constitution, this loose constructionalist would approve of the creation of NASA.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
500
In 1786, delegates met here in order to determine whether or not the Articles of Confederation should be revised or scrapped.
What is The Annapolis Convention?
500
This Constitutional Compromise was the subject of much debate in the Election of 1824, when the presidency was determined by the House of Representatives.
What is the Electoral College Compromise?
500
The rights given under this amendment were denied to African Americans under the Black Codes (1865-1866).
What is the 2nd Amendment?
500
These rights allowed the Grandfather Clause, Poll Tax, and Literacy Tests to be upheld in the Breedlove vs. Suttles court case decision in 1937.
What are Reserved Powers?
500
BACK TO THE FUTURE:
The origins of the US Constitution were found in these two British documents.
What is the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights?