highest court in the United States established by the Constitution
  • Legislative Branch
  • unconstitutional
  • Amendments
  • Supreme Court
bringing charges against the President by the House of Representatives.
  • Some citizens held a public meeting to discuss concerns about their local government. In taking this action, they exercised their right to...1. bear arms2. a jury trial3. freedom of assembly4. an attorney
  • Electoral College
  • What is the first step in the impeachment process for removing a president from office?1. conducting a trial by the Supreme Court2. holding a hearing before the full Senate3. replacing the president with the vice president.4. bringing charges against the President by the House of Representatives
  • Why did the Articles of Confederation fail as a government?
The idea that certain restrictions should be placed on government to protect the natural rights of citizens; The principle that the government has only the powers the Constitution gives it.
  • 3/5 Compromise
  • Executive Branch
  • Popular Sovereignty
  • Limited Government
where the people decide for themselves wether or not to have something, the right of the people to govern themselves; The right of the people to vote directly on issues rather than have their representatives decide.
  • Legislative Branch
  • Checks And Balances
  • Separation Of Powers
  • Popular Sovereignty
Legislative Branch- makes laws, can override presidential veto with 2/3 majority, confirms executive appointments, ratifies treaties, can declare war, can impeach and remove President, can overrule judicial decision, approves appointment for judges, and can impeach and remove judges.Executive Branch- carries out laws, can veto a bill, can propose laws, negotiates foreign treaties, appoints federal judges for lifetime, can grant pardons to federal offenders.Judicial Branch- interprets laws, can declare acts of Congress unconstitutional, can declare executive actions unconstitutional.
  • Describe how each of the five Principles of the Constitution limits the power of the federal government:
  • How did the 3/5ths Compromise settle the dispute between the Northern and Southern States?
  • How can the Constitution be changed over time?
  • Write the major powers of each of the 3 branches of government.
the branch of government, including the federal court system, that interprets the nation's laws; The supreme Court. To interpret the law.
  • House Of Representatives
  • Legislative Branch
  • Judicial Branch
  • Executive Branch
the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government; Principle which the powers of government are divided among separate branches.
  • Popular Sovereignty
  • Checks and Balances
  • Separation of Powers
  • Legislative Branch
the body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice-president; The group established by the constitution to elect the president and vice president, voters chose electors.
  • Electoral College
  • Bill of Rights
  • House of Representatives
  • Anti-federalist
to approve
  • amend
  • executive branch
  • ratify
  • legislative branch
a vote that blocks a decision; rejecting a law passed by Congress.
  • veto
  • Supreme Court
  • precedent
  • Amendments
A- Separation of Powers- Each branch of government has their own responsibilities and powers. Thus not giving some branch too much power.B- Limited Government- The Constitution limits the powers of the government to say what they can or can't do.C- Checks and Balances- Every Branch has a little control over the otherThus letting a branch overpower another branch if they have to.D- Popular Sovereignty- The government only gets its power from the people. Thus letting the people decide on an issue in their state.E- Federalism- The separation between the federal government and state government.
  • Describe how each of the five Principles of the Constitution limits the power of the federal government:
  • Write the major powers of each of the 3 branches of government.
  • When census numbers show changes in a state's total population, what is likely to be affected in the state?
  • How did the 3/5ths Compromise settle the dispute between the Northern and Southern States?
creating a two-house Congress.
  • At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, conflicts between states with large populations and states with small populations resulted in the creation of...
  • Amendments
  • At the Constitutional Convention (1787), the Great Compromise resolved the issue of Congressional representation by...
  • The first ten amendments were added to the Constitution to...
Changes to the Constitution
  • Amendments
  • At the Constitutional Convention (1787), the Great Compromise resolved the issue of Congressional representation by...
  • amend
  • impeach
The Great Compromise settled the method of representation in the legislative branch (the US Congress). Small states wanted equal representation (equality by state), and large states wanted representation based on population (equality by vote). Under the compromise, all states were represented equally in the Senate. This made the smaller states happy. In the House of Representatives, representation was based on population. This pleased the bigger states.
  • How did the Great Compromise settle the dispute over representation between the large and small states?
  • How can the Constitution be changed over time?
  • Describe how each of the five Principles of the Constitution limits the power of the federal government:
  • How did the 3/5ths Compromise settle the dispute between the Northern and Southern States?
the decision at the Constitutional convention to count slaves as 3/5 of a person for the purpose of deciding the population and determining how many seats each state would have in Congress
  • Great Compromise
  • 3/5 Compromise
  • Judicial Branch
  • Separation of Powers
meeting of delegates in 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation, which produced the new U.S. Constitution; A meeting for delegates to change the Articles of Confederation, they wanted to keep it a secret.
  • Articles of Confederation
  • Popular Sovereignty
  • 3/5 Compromise
  • Constitutional Convention
It didn't give the Congress the power to collect taxes and regulate trade.
  • What rights are protected by the First Amendment?
  • Federalist
  • Why did the Articles of Confederation fail as a government?
  • Some citizens held a public meeting to discuss concerns about their local government. In taking this action, they exercised their right to...1. bear arms2. a jury trial3. freedom of assembly4. an attorney
lower house of congress based on state population; must be 25, 7 years of citizenship, 2 year term, 435 members, speaker of the house, no limit on terms; Represents the larger states. Is part of Congress.
  • Senate
  • Legislative Branch
  • House of Representatives
  • Popular Sovereignty
this document, the nations first constitution, was adopted by the second continental congress in 1781 during the revolution. the document was limited because states held most of the power, and congress lacked the power to tax, regulate trade, or control coinage
  • Separation of Powers
  • Constitutional Convention
  • Articles of Confederation
  • Judicial Branch
To let the people know what they can and/or can't do and to give them their natural rights and freedoms.
  • Anti-federalist
  • Bill of Rights
  • Why was the bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
  • Elastic Clause
An action taken by Congress to reverse a presidential veto, requiring a two-thirds majority in each chamber.
  • senate
  • impeach
  • override
  • checks and balances
Introduction to the Constitution
  • Preamble
  • amend
  • precedent
  • Amendments
protect individual freedoms from governmental power
  • At the Constitutional Convention (1787), the Great Compromise resolved the issue of Congressional representation by...
  • The first ten amendments were added to the Constitution to...
  • When census numbers show changes in a state's total population, what is likely to be affected in the state?
  • unconstitutional
a member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal government; Supporters of the Constitution
  • Anti-federalist
  • Federalist
  • Elastic Clause
  • What rights are protected by the First Amendment?
The first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution, containing a list of individual rights and liberties, such as freedom of speech, religion, and the press; Document that gives citizens natural rights and freedoms.
  • Anti-federalist
  • Why was the bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
  • Bill of Rights
  • Electoral College
A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power; Principle which the powers of government are divided among separate branches.
  • Popular Sovereignty
  • Checks and Balances
  • Separation of Powers
  • Legislative Branch
term-6 years, number of members-100, requirements- must be 30 and a U.S. citizen for 4 years, leaders- Vice President, duties- represent each state; Upper House of Congress; Represents the smaller states. Is part of Congress.
  • Legislative Branch
  • House Of Representatives
  • Senate
  • Executive Branch
If slaves counted as 3/5's of a person, than the South wouldn't have too much "people" in the House of Representatives, and Northerners wouldn't be out ruled by a lot.
  • How did the Great Compromise settle the dispute over representation between the large and small states?
  • How did the 3/5ths Compromise settle the dispute between the Northern and Southern States?
  • Write the major powers of each of the 3 branches of government.
  • How can the Constitution be changed over time?
At the Constitutional Convention, larger states wanted to follow the Virginia Plan, which based each state's representation in Congress on state population. Smaller states wanted to follow the New Jersey Plan, which gave every state the same number of representatives. The convention compromised by creating the House and the Senate, and using both of the two separate plans as the method for electing members of each; the agreement by which Congress would have two houses, the Senate (where each state gets equal representation-two senators) and the House of Representatives (where representation is based on population); Roger Sherman worked out a plan to create a two-house Congress. The larger states would be lower house, the House of Representatives.
  • Limited Government
  • Executive Branch
  • Great Compromise
  • 3/5 Compromise
The freedoms of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
  • Why did the Articles of Confederation fail as a government?
  • What rights are protected by the First Amendment?
  • Some citizens held a public meeting to discuss concerns about their local government. In taking this action, they exercised their right to...1. bear arms2. a jury trial3. freedom of assembly4. an attorney
  • Elastic Clause
a person who opposed a strong national government and insisted on the inclusion of the Bill of Rights.
  • Anti-federalist
  • Popular Sovereignty
  • Executive Branch
  • Judicial Branch
freedom of assembly
  • House of Representatives
  • Why did the Articles of Confederation fail as a government?
  • Some citizens held a public meeting to discuss concerns about their local government. In taking this action, they exercised their right to...1. bear arms2. a jury trial3. freedom of assembly4. an attorney
  • What rights are protected by the First Amendment?
not allowed under the Constitution; a law that violates the constitution.
  • Constitutional Convention
  • unconstitutional
  • Supreme Court
  • Executive Branch
The Constitution is a "living document," which means that if something happens in the future, they can add an amendment or bill.
  • How did the 3/5ths Compromise settle the dispute between the Northern and Southern States?
  • How did the Great Compromise settle the dispute over representation between the large and small states?
  • Articles of Confederation
  • How can the Constitution be changed over time?
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