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What amendment in the Bill of Rights prevents the government from cutting off a person’s hand for shoplifting?
8th Amendment (No cruel or unusual punishment)
What amendment in the Bill of Rights is linked to the British practice of using the Writs of Assistance against the colonists?
4th Amendment (No unreasonable searches and seizures)
The Congress overrides a presidential veto. What constitutional principle is this?
Checks and Balances
What amendment would protect a group of people protesting a government policy on taxes?
1st Amendment
What two amendments describe the right to trial by jury?
6th and 7th
What constitutional principle is demonstrated by the 10th amendment?
Federalism
First example of limited government in history
Magna Carta
Philosopher who stated that people had the right to overthrow their government if the government did not protect individual freedom
John Locke
Philosopher whose ideas about separation of powers were used by the framers of the Constitution
Montesquieu
This law represented the first time slavery was limited in the United States
Northwest Ordinance
Law which outlined the process of adding new states to the country
Northwest Ordinance
Event which showed that the Articles of Confederation were weak and a new government was needed
Shay’s Rebellion
Father of the Constitution
James Madison
He was elected president of the Constitutional Convention
George Washington
City and year of Constitutional Convention
Philadelphia, 1787
Compromise which made slaves a proportion of the population for representation purposes
3/5’s Compromise
What house of Congress was created from the New Jersey Plan?
The Senate
What house of Congress was created from the Virginia Plan?
House of Representatives
What amendment to the Constitution states that a person born in the United States is a citizen of the United States?
14th Amendment
Each branch of government has checks in place to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful
Checks and Balances
Government is separated into 3 branches with each branch having equal power
Separation of Powers
People elect representatives to represent them in government.
Republicanism
Which constitutional principle is included in the Bill of Rights?
Individual Rights
The government only has the power listed in the Constitution
Limited Government
People have the power to change, alter, or abolish their government
Popular Sovereignty
Sharing of power between state and federal governments
Federalism
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