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  • What compromise solved the issue of representation in Congress at the Constitutional Convention? How did it work?
    Great Compromise; bicameral Congress with representation in the House of Representatives based on population and equal representation in the Senate
  • What established guidelines for the orderly expansion of the United States by creating a process through which states could be added to the Union?
    Articles of Confederation
  • Which branch of government makes the laws?
    Legislative
  • What ordinance provided for the surveying and sale of land in the Northwest Territory beginning at $1.00 per acre?
    Land Ordinance of 1785
  • What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?
    Bill of Rights
  • What amendment states that powers not given to the federal government go to the states or to the people?
    10th amendment
  • What are the three branches of government?
    Legislative, executive and judicial
  • Which principle of government refers to the basic liberties and rights guaranteed to all citizens?
    individual rights
  • Which branch of Congress has the power to ratify treaties?
    Senate
  • Which plan asked that representation in Congress be based on the population of the state?
    Virginia
  • What amendment provides protection for the freedom of religion and speech?
    1st amendment
  • What were some of the powers of the national government under the Articles of Confederation? Name at least 3
    Declare war, create post offices, make treaties, coin and borrow money, sell land
  • What was the name of the event held in 1787 in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation?
    Constitutional Convention
  • What does the 7th amendment provide protection for?
    right to a jury trial in civil cases
  • Who had more power than the federal government under the Articles of Confederation?
    the states
  • In which branch of government is representation based on the population of each state?
    Legislative
  • What principle of government states that the government only has the powers given to it by the constitution?
    limited government
  • Why could the federal government not enforce laws under the Articles of Confederation?
    Because there was no executive branch
  • What is the introduction to the Constitution called? What are the first three words?
    the Preamble; "We the People"
  • Why did the national government under the Articles of Confederation have no way of settling disputes among the states?
    Because there was no Supreme Court
  • What is the duty of the judicial branch?
    to interpret the laws
  • What is the job of the executive branch?
    to enforce the laws
  • Which principle of government refers to the idea that people are the ultimate source of power in the government?
    Popular sovereignty
  • What does the 5th amendment provide protection for?
    it protects an accused person from self-incrimination; no double jeopardy; due process of law
  • What amendment provides protection for the right to bear arms?
    2nd amendment
  • What is federalism?
    The sharing of power between the state and national government
  • Which plan asked for equal representation in each regardless of population?
    New Jersey
  • Which principle of government states that each branch has certain powers to limit the other two branches?
    Checks and Balances
  • What amendment provides protection from cruel and unusual punishment?
    8th amendment
  • What issue did the Three-Fifths Compromise solve?
    It determined how slaves would be counted for purposes of representation and taxation
  • Which principle of government allows people to choose representations to govern them?
    Republicanism
  • What did the Anti-Federalists demand that be added to the Constitution?
    a Bill of Rights
  • Why did the Founding Fathers include an amendment process in the Constitution?
    So that the Constitution could adapt to changing times and reflect the needs of society
  • Why did the framers of the Constitution create a government with 3 branches?
    to prevent the abuse of power; so that no branch would become too powerful
  • What does amend mean?
    to change in a formal way
  • Which amendment guarantees a right to a speedy trial?
    6th amendment
  • What event showed the weaknesses of the national government under the Articles of Confederation?
    Shays' Rebellion
  • What term refers to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body?
    veto
  • What amendment provides protection for the right to bear arms?
    2nd amendment
  • What does the 4th amendment provide protection from?
    no unreasonable searches or seizures
  • What philosopher introduced the idea of separation of powers and checks and balances?
    Chares de Montesquieu
  • What is the significance of the year 1787?
    The U.S. Constitution was written
  • What amendment prohibits the quartering of troops?
    3rd amendment
  • Which principle of government divided the power of the government into three branches?
    Separation of powers
  • How many states were required to approve amendments to the Articles of Confederation?
    All 13
  • What does ratify mean?
    to approve
  • What two powers were denied to the national government under the Articles of Confederation?
    tax and control trade
  • What are the five freedoms protected by the 1st amendment?
    Freedom of religion, assembly, petition, press, and speech
  • What does the 9th amendment guarantee?
    That people have rights that are not specifically listed in the Constitution
  • What was the name of essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay to persuade Americans to ratify the Constitution?
    The Federalist Papers
  • Who is known as the father of the U.S. Constitution?
    James Madison
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