Six Principles
Interpreting laws to determine constitutionality
What is Judicial Review?
This branch can check the Legislative branch using Veto power
What is the Executive branch?
The group that favored the Constitution
What is the Federalists?
The two plans that made up the Great Compromise
What is the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan?
The right to remain silent.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
Federalism can be described as
What is power is divided between the federal government and regional governments?
This branch can impeach and remove judges
What is the Legislative branch?
Name two complaints the Anti-Federalists had with the constitution
What is the ratification process, no mention of god, states not having their own money, increased federal government power, or the lack of a bill of rights?
The Virginia Plan's main proposals
What is a bicameral congress, representation based on population, and strong national government.
The right guaranteed under the 3rd amendment.
What is the right to not quarter a solider without consent of the owner?
Principle that states the power of a government lies with the people.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
This branch can appoint judges.
What is the Executive branch?
The articles that outline the 3 branches of government
What is Articles I, II, and III?
This compromise protected the slave trade for 2 decades
What is the The Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise?
States have powers not relegated to the federal government under what amendment
What is the 10th amendment?
The main idea behind Limited Government
This branch can deem laws unconstitutional
What is the Judicial branch?
How approving laws was different between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution
What is the AoC laws had to be approved by all states while the Constitution allowed laws to be approved through Congress?
This compromise required a tax to be paid for population representation
What is the 3/5s compromise?
Name one exception to the 4th amendment and explain what it is
What is plain view, hot pursuit, exigent circumstances, or consent? (+explanation)
The purpose to separating the powers of government
What is avoid one part of government becoming a supreme power?
Two ways the Legislative branch can check the Executive branch
What is: make laws, override a veto, impeach the president?
The meaning behind calling the Constitution a frame or skeleton
What is it was a basic outline that could be built upon?
Name the main compromise behind the Great Compromise
What is the creation of the two house congress where both population and equal representation are achieved?
Name 3 rights the first amendment protects
What is speech, press, religion, peaceably assemble, or petition the government to redress grievances.