Constitutional Convention
Which document were the delegates at the Constitutional Convention originally sent to revise, but ultimately replaced?
They were originally meeting to revise the Articles of Confederation, but instead they scrapped it and created an entirely new document... the United States Constitution!
What are the first three Articles of the Constitution?
Article I – Legislative Branch
Article II – Executive Branch
Article III – Judicial Branch
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Which amendment ended slavery?
13th
What does Popular Sovereignty mean? Give an example from the constitution.
Government gets its power from the people (“consent of the governed”).
What were the two rival plans presented at the Convention?
Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan
Article 6 sets up the ______________ clause, which states that the Constitution and the laws and treaties of the federal government are the highest in the land.
supremacy clause
List at least four freedoms protected by the first amendment
Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition
Which amendment changed how the President and Vice President are elected after problems in the Election of 1800?
12th
How do the 9th and 10th Amendments reflect federalism?
The 9th protects unlisted individual rights; the 10th reserves powers to the states or people... both are limiting federal power and giving it back to the people/states
During the Constitutional Convention, what decision was made on the topic of how we will elect our president?
Established a group of electors chosen by the people to elect the president.
Called the electoral college!!
States have the authority to create and enforce their own laws but must respect and help enforce the laws of other states. What article outlines this power?
Article 4
What protection does the Fourth Amendment provide to citizens?
Protection against unreasonable searches and seizures; requires probable cause and warrants.
How are the 18th and 21st Amendments historically connected?
The 18th created Prohibition; the 21st repealed it.
How do Checks and Balances prevent one branch from becoming too powerful?
answers vary... but should explain how each branch can limit or check the powers of the other branches (example: veto, judicial review, impeachment).
What was the Three-Fifths Compromise? Why did southern states support it?
An agreement that three-fifths of the enslaved population would be counted when determining a state’s population for representation.
Because it increased their representation in the House of Representatives.
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Explain two rights guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment.
Protection against double jeopardy, protection against self-incrimination, right to due process, right to grand jury indictment, and protection against eminent domain without compensation
What limit does the Twenty-Second Amendment place on the presidency?
A president may serve only two terms.
The Preamble serves two central purposes. What are they?
First: it states the source from which the Constitution derives its authority: the sovereign people of the United States.
Second: it sets forth the ends that the Constitution and the government that it establishes are meant to serve.
Explain how the Great Compromise resolved the debate between large and small states.
It created a bicameral legislature: representation based on population in the House of Representatives and equal representation in the Senate.
Name the articles of our constitution in reverse order.
Article VII – Ratification
Article VI – Debts, Supremacy, Oaths, Religious Tests
Article V – Amendment Process
Article IV – States, Citizenship, New States
Article III – Judicial Branch
Article II – Executive Branch
Article I – Legislative Branch
Compare the Sixth and Seventh Amendments. How are they similar and how are they different?
Both guarantee trial by jury. The Sixth Amendment applies to criminal cases (speedy, public trial), while the Seventh Amendment applies to civil cases.
How are the 15th, 19th, and 26th amendments similar?
they all deal with voting rights
An argument between two groups formed during the ratification process of our constitution. What were the two groups? What did they believe? What compromise took place that led to all 13 states agreeing to accept the document?
answers may vary