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Constitution and Government DWJH

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  • Each branch of government has checks in place to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful
    Checks and Balances
  • Sharing of power between state and federal governments
    Federalism
  • People elect representatives to represent them in government.
    Republicanism
  • Event which showed that the Articles of Confederation were weak and a new government was needed
    Shay’s Rebellion
  • What house of Congress was created from the New Jersey Plan?
    The Senate
  • Law which outlined the process of adding new states to the country
    Northwest Ordinance
  • What constitutional principle is demonstrated by the 10th amendment?
    Federalism
  • Government is separated into 3 branches with each branch having equal power
    Separation of Powers
  • Compromise which made slaves a proportion of the population for representation purposes
    3/5’s Compromise
  • Which constitutional principle is included in the Bill of Rights?
    Individual Rights
  • The Congress overrides a presidential veto. What constitutional principle is this?
    Checks and Balances
  • What amendment to the Constitution states that a person born in the United States is a citizen of the United States?
    14th Amendment
  • Father of the Constitution
    James Madison
  • First example of limited government in history
    Magna Carta
  • 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 two amendments describe the right to trial by jury?
    6th and 7th
  • This law represented the first time slavery was limited in the United States
    Northwest Ordinance
  • City and year of Constitutional Convention
    Philadelphia, 1787
  • He was elected president of the Constitutional Convention
    George Washington
  • 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
  • The government only has the power listed in the Constitution
    Limited Government
  • What house of Congress was created from the Virginia Plan?
    House of Representatives
  • 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)
  • What amendment would protect a group of people protesting a government policy on taxes?
    1st Amendment
  • People have the power to change, alter, or abolish their government
    Popular Sovereignty
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