Amendments
How many ways are there to amend the constitution?
What are 2?
How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?
What are 10 Amendments?
What are the Separation of Powers?
This group of people during the signing of the Constitution did not want it. What were they called?
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
How many purposes does the Preamble say there will be for the US Government?
What are 6 purposes?
How many Amendments are there to the US Constitution?
What are 27?
What is the right to free religion, speech, petition, assembly, and press?
Popular Sovereignty is the idea that this group is the source of power in a government. What is that group?
This group of people wrote the Federalist papers in support of the new Constitution around 1790, who were they?
Who were the Federalists?
What group does the Preamble say it is made for in the first sentence?
To ratify, or approve, an Amendment, how many states need to approve?
The 4th, 5th, 6th , and 8th Amendments have something in common. What is it?
What are the Rights of the accused/Criminial Rights?
This idea is that no one is above the law, not even government. What is it?
What is the Rule of Law?
The Anti-Federalists refused to sign the Constitution without this item in it. What was that item?
What was the Bill of Rights?
After Shay's Rebellion, the Framers of the Constitution added 'provide for the common defense' and 'insure domestic tranquility' to the list of purposes. What does that mean?
Ex. answer - protect the United States with army/police. Keep the peace, etc...
Which Congressional House is needed to propose an amendment?
What are both?
(Senate and House of Representatives)
This Amendment is directly related to a practice the British would do where they would force soldiers in the home. Which Amendment stops this from happening now?
What is The Third Amendment?
This is the idea that branches of government should be able to check/block the power of other branches. What is it?
What is the principle of Checks and Balances?
To reduce the chance of an overly powerful central government, the Federalists used this idea from Montesquieu. What idea was that?
What were the Separation of Powers?
What was the Articles of Confederation?
What is the amount of votes needed to propose an amendment with the common way through Congress?
How does the 10th Amendment limit the power of the central government?
What is giving powers that aren't written down to states and the people?
This idea of US government is when the National Government shares power with state governments. What is it?
What is the Federal System?
What is Federalism?
Anti-Federalists wanted this to be more powerful than the national government. What was it?
What were the States?
The Preamble is the start of the Constitution, how many articles does the Constitution have?
What are seven articles?