This document set up our country's government. It sets up the rules for how laws are made, who will make the laws, who will decide when we go to war, and who will have specific powers to make important decisions.
What is the US Constitution?
100
This Compromise decided how each state would be represented in our nation's legislative branch. It stated that each state would have equal representation in the senate with two representatives from each state. It also stated that the House of Representatives representation would be based on population.
What is the Great Compromise?
100
This branch of government is made up of the President. He has the power to veto or approve bills. He also chooses the US supreme court judges.
What is the executive branch?
100
These are the rules that give each branch of government some power to control the power of the other branches.
What are checks and balances?
100
This term also means the same thing as a change.
What is an amendment?
200
This document officially declared the American colonists free and independent from Great Britain. Without this document, the US would be ruled by another country and would not be the 50 states that it is today.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
This whas the compromise that stated that slaves would count as three fifths. In other words for every 5 slaves, they would be counted as 3 white males.
What is the 3/5 compromise?
200
This branch of government is made up of Congress. Congress is broken down into two parts; the House of Representatives and the Senate. This branch works to make laws for our nation.
What is the legislative branch?
200
These people have checks and balances that include the ability to pass a law that the president vetoes if 2/3 agree to the law. They also decides how many courts to create in addition to the Supreme Court and how many judges work in each court.
What is Congress or the legislative branch?
200
These are the first ten amendments made to the constitution to protect the rights of the people.
What are the Bill of Rights?
300
This is the brief introduction to the Constitution that states the purpose for why the Constitution was created. It breifly explains what the founding fathers hoped to achieve from creating the Constitution.
What is the Preamble?
300
These people were unhappy with the idea that slaves would not be counted in the population when determining representation in the House of Representatives.
Who are the people in the South. These people were unhappy because there were so many slaves in the south. Slavery occured mostly in the southern states. Having the slaves count in the population allowed these southern states to have more representation in Congress.
300
This branch of government is made up of our courts and judges. This branch determines whether or not laws are constitutional and whether or not people are following the Constitution.
What is the judicial branch?
300
This person has the checks and balanes to veto a law that Congress has proposed. This person also chooses people to become U.S. judges.
Who is the President?
300
This states that everyone shall have freedom of religion, speech, and freedom of the press. This allows anyone to voice their own opinion and practice any religion that they wish to.
What is the first amendment to the Constitution?
400
These people decide whether or not the laws agree with the constitution. They also decide if the laws that Congress proposes are Constitutional.
Who are the judges of the courts?
400
These people are the founding fathers of the Constitution. They wanted to make a change to assure that our government was organized and was going to be successful.
Who are George Washington, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin?