The governing document of the United States that creates 3 equal branches of government
  • Constitution
  • Articles of Confederation
  • Bill of Rights
  • Declaration of Independence
First government of the US that lasted for 9 years, and failed due to its absence of a strong central gov’t
  • New Jersey Plan
  • Articles of Confederation
  • Legislature
  • Constitution
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution that guarantee individual rights
  • Great Compromise
  • Articles of Confederation
  • Bill of Rights
  • Checks and Balances
Plan proposed to represent states evenly in Congress
  • New Jersey Plan
  • Virginia Plan
  • Great Compromise
  • Constitution
Plan proposed to represent states based on population in Congress
  • New Jersey Plan
  • Virginia Plan
  • Great Compromise
  • Constitution
The deal between large and small states to create the House and Senate
  • New Jersey Plan
  • Virginia Plan
  • Great Compromise
  • The 3/5 Compromise
Deal between North and South states that slaves will count as ⅗ of a person in representation
  • Great Compromise
  • The 3/5 Compromise
  • The New Jersey Plan
  • The Virginia Plan
Two sides or branches (the House of Representatives and the Senate)
  • Bicameral
  • Unicameral
  • Federalism
  • Amendment
The division of power between Federal and state governments
  • Checks & balances
  • Republicanism
  • Federalism
  • Bicameral
The idea that all three branches share equal power because they can keep each other from gaining too much power
  • Federalism
  • Checks & Balances
  • Virginia Plan
  • Great Compromise
An addition or change made to the Constitution
  • Amendment
  • Veto
  • Article
  • Compromise
To reject; this is a presidential power granted by the US Constitution.
  • Legislature
  • Amendment
  • Veto
  • Eminent Domain
A bi-cameral law-making body in the US made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
  • Habeaus Corpus
  • Congress
  • Executive
  • Constitution
The right to not be held for a crime without knowing why you are being held
  • Habeus Corpus
  • Eminent Domain
  • Veto
  • Federalism
Government's right to take personal property for public use
  • Habeas Corpus
  • Eminent Domain
  • Checks and Balances
  • The ⅗ Compromise:
Wanted a strong central government. They believed that a strong central government was necessary if the states were going to band together to form a nation.
  • Federalist
  • Ant-Federalist
  • Federalism
  • Republicanism
Believed the Constitution gave the central government too much power, and without a Bill of Rights the people would be at risk of oppression.
  • Federalists
  • Anti-Federalists
  • Federalism
  • Republicanism
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