The Constitutional Convention
The primary weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that Congress could not...
What is impose taxes?
This plan based its representation amount on a states population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
The purpose of the system of checks and balances.
What is to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful?
The amount in this group in Congress is affected by state population.
Who are the House of Representatives?
The responsibility of the right to freedom of the press.
What is they must be truthful?
Known as the "Father of the Constitution," because he was always well prepared to lead discussions and take notes.
Who is James Madison?
This determined that three out of every five slaves were counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation.
What is the three-fifths compromise?
Vocab Review: This group elects the president?
What is the electoral college?
The primary work of Congress.
What is to make laws for the country?
What the Ninth amendment says.
What is there are more rights for the people than beyond those listed in the Constitution?
What did Congress fear about a strong central government?
What is the rights for people they fought for would be lost; or the government would become tyrannical again (when the government abuses its power)?
This plan based its representation amount on equal representation for the states.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
Name the three branches of government. (Double points if you can also say what each branch does.)
What are the Legislative (makes laws), Executive (enforces laws), and Judicial branches (judges laws)?
This branch resolves disputes under the law.
What is the Judicial branch? (Judges or interprets laws)
What is the right to/of free speech, press, petition, assemble, and religion.
The reason Shays’ Rebellion is an important event in U.S. history.
What is because it led to the Constitutional Convention?
Thomas Jefferson’s belief about government and religion.
What is he believed in the separation of religion and government? (Divided with a wall.)
When the Constitution was signed.
When is 1787?
Negotiating treaties, proposing new taxes, and nominating federal judges are all powers of this branch.
What is the executive branch?
Everything the fifth amendment protects.
What is the protection from self-incrimination, the right to due process, protection from double jeopardy, and the right to compensation if your land is taken?
Vocab Review: This refers to the sharing of power between national and state governments?
What is Federalism?
What did the Great Compromise decide?
What is representation in congress?
Recite the Preamble. (Double points if you sing it.)
What is....
We the people
in order to form a more perfect union
establish justice
insure domestic tranquility
provide for the common defense
promote the general welfare and then
secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity
do ordain and establish this constitution
for the United States of America.
The final step before a national bill becomes a law.
What is it is signed by the president?
The second, third, and fourth amendments were made in response to this experience.
What is British rule in colonial America?