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Constitution
From Articles to Bill of Rights
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The power to govern comes from the people | Popular sovereignty |
| The people elect representatives to make laws and conduct government | republicanism |
| The powers of the national government are distributed among three branches of government | Separation of powers |
| The President and all other government officials must obey the law like all American citizens | Limited Government |
| Power is divided between a central government and smaller political units, such as states | Federalism |
| Each branch of government can exercise checks, or controls over the other branches | Checks and balances |
| Guarantee of personal liberties and rights | Individual rights |
| The chief executive of the federal government | President |
| The legislative branch of government is called | Congress |
| The highest court of the judicial branch is called | the Supreme Court |
| Laws for the United States are made by | Congress |
| The number of representatives a state gets depends on | the number of people it has |
| Tax bills may only be written by | the House of Representatives |
| Congress may override a President's veto by | 2/3 vote of both houses |
| Questions about interpreting the Constitution are settled by | the Supreme Court |
| The courts may not take a person's life or put in jail without | due process |
| Invoking the Fifth Amendment means that an accused person | refuses to testify against themself |
| Which two groups make up the Congress | Senate and House of Representatives |
| How are members of the Supreme Court and other high offices chosen | appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate |
| The power of the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional is an example of | checks and balances |
| The fifteenth amendment gave which group the right to vote | Black men |
| Judicial review is when | the Supreme Court decides the Constitutionality of a law |
| The Bill of Rights guarantees | individual rights |
| In 1787 Congress established a system for creating new states from western territories | Through the Northwest Ordinance |
| One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that it could not | Levy taxes |
| One weakness of the Articles of Confederation is that it gave | states more power than the federal government |
| Daniel Shays rebellion showed | the weakness of the federal government under the |
| The significance of the Northwest Ordinance was that it | created a process for the orderly growth of the new nation |
| The only success of the Articles of Confederation was that | it created the Northwest Ordinance |
| The Virginia Plan wanted representation | based upon population |
| The New Jersey Plan wanted representation | based on each state having the same number of representatives |
| The Virginia Plan was favored by | the large states |
| The New Jersey Plan was favored by | the smaller states |
| The Great Compromise settled the differences between the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan | by having two houses in Congress |
| The two houses of Congress are | the Senate and the House of Representatives |
| In the House of Representatives members are numbered by the state's | population |
| In the Senate the number of members is | equal for each state |
| The 3/5 Compromise counted slaves | as 3/5 for population figures |
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