Terms
A feeling of loyalty for the whole nation before loyalty to an individual state or area.
Nationalism
Called for a UNICAMERAL (1 house) legislature based on equal representation--one state, one vote. Favored by small states.
New Jersey Plan
Known as the father of the Constitution, wrote the Virginia Plan, wrote many of the Federalist Papers, later the 4th President of the US.
James Madison
This branch enforces the laws
Executive Branch
Prohibits illegal search and seizure
Amendment 4
A group who believed that states should have more power than the central national government and that there should be a Bill of Rights.
Anti- Federalists
The name originally given to the Great Compromise
The Connecticut Plan
a union or alliance of independent states.
Confederacy
Judicial Branch
Freedom of the press, speech, religion, assembly, petition
Amendment 1
Power of the court (Supreme Court) to determine if a law is unconstitutional (unlawful).
Judicial
An agreement that counted each enslaved individual as three-fifths of a person for representation and taxation purposes.
Three- Fifths Compromise
The Federalist Papers
This branch interprets (judges) the law
Judicial Branch
What does the Second Amendment protect?
The right to keep and bear arms
Each branch has powers that can check the actions of the others to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
Checks and Balances
Called for a BICAMERAL (2 house) legislature based on population and was drafted by James Madison. Favored by large states.
Virginia Plan
One of the largest criticisms the Anti-Federalists had against the Constitution was that it lacked:
Bill of Rights
What the point of "checks and balances"?
to make sure that no one branch becomes too powerful by providing a variety of checks that other branches of government can impose.
The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution
The Bill of Rights
Type of government created by Constitution.
Republic
Plan that compromised by creating a lower house of Congress (House of Representatives) with representation based on population and an upper house of Congress (Senate) based on equal representation.
The Great Compromise/ Connecticut Plan
Group who believed in a strong central government and believed in the Constitution.
Federalist
This branch makes the laws
Legislative Branch
Right to not testify against oneself, or Due Process.
Amendment 5