the making of the Constitution
Washington DC
What is compromise in which the northern and southern states agreed to form the nation's capital on or near the boundary between the north and the south?
the federal judiciary's number
What is the Article III ?
at least 25 years of age
What is age qualification for a member of the House of Representatives?
expands the power of Congress
What is the necessary and proper clause (Art. I, sect. 8)?
Article number that explains how to change the Constitution
What is Article V?
the 3/5ths Compromise
What is the counting of one enslaved person as 3/5ths of a person for the purposes of population census to determine the number of representatives in the House of Representatives from each state?
political power relationship between the states and the national government
What is federalism?
Two years and six years, respectively
What are the elected terms for Representatives in the House and Senators in the Senate?
responsible for providing for "militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrection and repel invasions"
What is Congress (in article I, section 8)?
Three quarters of the total number of state governments...
What is number of states needed to agree on an amendment?
name of the state from which delegates offered a compromise to have two parts of Congress (bicameral legislature)
What is Connecticut?
Article IV, Section 3
What is the part on the Constitution that explains how a state can be added to the Union?
right of anyone prosecuted by the state to a "speedy and public trial"
What is the SIXTH Amendment (of the 'Bill of Rights')
responsible for "raising revenues" (taxes)
What is the House of Representatives? (Article I, section 7)
Two thirds of Congress
What is minimum number of Senators and House Representatives (Congress) needed to pass on amendments.
the result of a fear by some "founding fathers" that a presidential candidate might be really popularly elected and actually be a demagogue, and or that the states should elect the President
What is the Electoral College? (mechanism to have President elected by electors from each state generating a winner take all situation)
Presidential commander in chief power lies in it
What is Article II, section 2
Article IV, section 2
What is a fugitive slave clause applying to 'free' and 'non-free' states allowing for the return of escaped slaves?
three words that form 'popular sovereignty,' or the basis of legitimacy for the new government
What is "WE the People..."?
The fourth amendment to the Constitution
What is the right of the people to not be subject to "unreasonable searches and seizures..."?
1808
When was the first opportunity the Congress could legislate against the importation of humans (slaves) into the United States?
this branch of government gets the longest article
What if the Legislative branch (Congress)?
where it says that only the new national government can make treaties with other countries, impose tariffs (taxes) on imports, and conduct foreign policy....
What is Article I, section 8?
Allows Congress to regulate things sold across state lines...
What is the "commerce" clause, Article I, section 8?
prevents government from establishing a state religion
What is the FIRST amendment?