Enlightenment Thinkers
The person credited for "natural rights."
Who is John Locke?
The Articles of Confederation favored this type of central government.
What is weak?
Power shared between Federal, State, and Local governments.
What is Federalism?
The branch that interprets the laws.
The amount of original amendments.
What is 10?
The person credited with "separation of powers."
Who is Montesquieu?
What is 13/13?
The two plans combined under The Great Compromise.
What are the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?
The two houses of Congress.
What is the Senate and the House of Representatives?
The First Amendment
What is freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances?
The document inspired by Enlightenment Thinkers.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The powers of the Central Government.
What are manage foreign affairs, make treaties, and declare war?
The decision where every 5 slaves count as 3 people.
What is the 3/5 compromise?
The court case that established Judicial Review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This amendment protects your rights in a civil case.
What is 7th?
Unalienable rights in the United States.
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
A rebellion where farmers marched on the Springfield Armory.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
The date of ratification.
What is June 21, 1788?
The requirements to be President.
What is to be at least 35, to be a natural born citizen, and to live in the United States for 14 years?
Ensures that powers not given to the Federal Government belong to the states.
What is 10th amendment?
The Spirit of the Laws
The two ordinances that deal with western territory and admitting new states.
What are the Land Ordinance of 1785 & Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
What is the Elastic Clause?
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Who is Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.?
What is 38 states?