History
The people who wrote the Constitution are known as this.
Who are the Framers?
This principle states that government can govern only with the consent of the governed.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
These are the amendments which guarantee basic freedoms for the American people.
What are the Bill of Rights?
These compromises had the effect of uniting the Northern and Southern states politically and economically while also avoiding the question of slavery.
The 3/5ths Compromise and the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
This principles states that government only has what powers are expressly given to it by the Constitution and laws.
What are limited government or constitutionality?
The participation of both the Federal Government and State governments in the amendment process is evidence of this constitutional principle?
This document, signed in 1215, was the first written document limiting the powers of the English government by imposing due process, trial by jury, and the right to private property.
What is the Magna Carta?
The presidential veto and Senatorial review of appointees are examples of this constitutional principle.
What is Check and Balances?
The fact that much of the U.S. government is based in political parties is a result of what type of constitutional change?
In an attempt to form a less powerful government, the Articles of Confederation did not give its Congress this important economic power.
What is the power to regulate foreign and interstate commerce?
The division of powers of government into three distinct branches.
What is separation of powers?
George Washington created this unofficial custom which influenced presidents until after World War 2
What is the two term presidential limit?
The agreement that, in Congress, States would be represented equally in the Senate and by population in the House.
What is the Connecticut Compromise?
The process by which the court system investigates governmental action and decides whether it is constitutional or unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
This is the process most commonly used to amend the Constitution.
Proposed by 2/3 vote of Congress then ratified by 3/4 of the State legislatures