Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation did NOT give congress the power to do this.
What is tax citizens?
The Virginia Plan favored this type of representation.
What is representation based on population?
The branch that makes laws.
What is the Legislative Branch.
The first ten amendments in the constitution are called this.
What is the Bill of Rights.
The system where each branch limits the power of the others.
What is checks and balances?
This rebellion showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
The New Jersey Plan favored this type of representation.
What is equal representation?
The branch that enforced laws.
What is the Executive Branch?
Freedom of speech is protected by this amendment.
What is the 1st Amendment?
What is separation of powers?
Amendments to the Articles required approval from this many states.
What is all 13 States?
The compromise that created a two-house legislature.
What is the Great Compromise?
The branch that interprets laws.
What is the Judicial Branch?
Protection from unreasonable searches us in this amendment.
What is the 4th Amendment?
What is an amendment?
The Articles had only this branch of government.
What is the legislative branch?
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
The President rejecting a law is called this.
What is a veto?
The amendment guaranteeing the right to a lawyer.
Official approval of the Constitution is called this.
What is ratification?
Because the Articles government was weak, this meeting was called in 1787.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
The Constitution begins with these three famous words.
What is We the People?
The highest court in the United States.
What is the Supreme Court?
This amendment protects states powers not given to the federal government.
What is the 10th Amendment?
The Constitution is known as this of the United States.
What is the supreme law of the land?