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History-Constitution
Notes on the Constitution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Amend | to change or revise |
| Bicameral | two houses ex. Congress |
| Ratify | to approve |
| Federlist | for the constitution |
| Antifederlist | against the constitution |
| Electoral college | a group that the states vote on that help choose the president |
| Checks and Balances | the power to check, or limit, the actions of the other branches |
| veto | to reject, as when the president rejects a law passed by congress |
| bill of rights | a written list of freedoms that the government promises to protect |
| Census | population count in our country taken every 10 years |
| Impeach | Bringing formal charges against a public offical |
| house of representatives- age? term? | 25 years old, 2 years |
| house of representatives- Residency? Citizenship? | inhabitant of the state that they are representing, must be a citizen for 7 years |
| Senator- Term? Age? | 6 years, 30 years old |
| president- Age? Term? | 35 years old, 4 years |
| Senator- Residency? Citizenship? | must live in the state they are running for, must be a citizen for 9 years |
| president- Residency? citizenship? | must have been born in the US and be a citizen, Must be a citizen for 14 years |
| If the preident gets kicked out of office who fills in? what is there name? | Vice president, Joe Biden |
| If the vice president gets kicked out of office who fills in? whats there name? | Speaker of the house, Nacy Pelosi |
| If the speaker of the house gets kicked out of office who fills in? what there name? | president pro tempore, Robert byrd |
| If the president pro gets kicked out of office who will fill in? whats there name? | secretary of state, Hillary Clinton |
| What is the presidents name? | Barrack Obama |
| What was the new jersey plan? | It wanted everything equal, eqaul representation |
| What was the Virginia plan? | wanted representaton to be based on population |
| how was the dispute between the virginia and new jersey plan resolved? | The great compromise |
| What was the great compromise? | there would be a two house legislature, senate- every state had 2 representatives house of represetatives- based on population |
| What was the 3/5 compromise and what got rid of it? | a fight weather slaves should be counted as a whole vote and was resolved by saying each slave was 3/5 of a vote. it was rid of when the 13th amendment went into play and band slavery |
| What are the three branches and what power do they have? | Legislative- makes the laws Judical- interprets lawsExecutive- enforces the laws |
| who was known as the father of our consitution? | James Madison- wrote much of the consitution |
| Who was the president of the constitutional convention? | george Washington |
| what year was the constitution ratified? | 1789 |
| What was the first state to ratify the constitution? | Delaware |
| What was the 9th state to ratify the consistution and why was it impotant? | New hampshire, the constitution could then go into effect |
| what was the last state to ratify the consitution? | Rhode island |
| article- ratification of the consitution? | 7 |
| article- executive branch? | 2 |
| Article- Amending the consitution? | 5 |
| article- sumpremacy of the law | 6 |
| article- legislative branch | 1 |
| article- judicial branch | 3 |
| article- relations among the states | 4 |
| freedom of religion, speech, press, asembly,and petiton | 1st amendment |
| bearing arms | 2nd amendment |
| quatering of troops | 3rd amendment |
| searches and seizures | 4th amendment |
| double jeopardy | 5th amendment |
| due process | 5th amendment |
| govenrment cant sieze property without paying for it | 5th amendment |
| Eminent domain | 5th amendment |
| right to a quick and speedy trial | 6th amendment |
| allowed a lawyer | 6th amendment |
| tried where the crime was committed | 6th amendment |
| right to a jury | 7th amendment |
| punishment for crimes | 8th amendment |
| unenumerated rights | 9th amendment |
| powers reserved to the states | 10th amendment |
| Popular Sovereignty | the government gets the power from the people |
| limited government | the government has only the power that the constution gives it and everybody is under the law, even the president |
| separation of power | divides the government into 3 branches with different duties and pwoer to keep it eqaul |
| checks and balences | each branch of government has the power to check, or limit, the actions of the other two |
| federalism | division of power between the federal government and the states |
| republicanism | when citizens elect representatives to carry out thier will |
| individual rights | the consitution protects our individual rights |
| supported a strong national goevernment which would have more power then the states governments | Alexander Hamilton |
| a skillful writer, gave the constituion its final wording | Gouverneur Morris |
| wisdom and timely humor helped ease tensions between delegates involved in the frustrating and sometimes heates debate | Benjamin Franklin |
| Commerce Compromise | Congress could only tax imports, they could not tax ezports |
| Election compromise | 1. voters would pick electors which would vote for the president 2. senators would be elected indirectly by state legislature 3. the house of representatives are elceted directly by the people |
| double jeopardy | 5th amendment |
| due process | 5th amendment |
| govenrment cant sieze property without paying for it | 5th amendment |
| Eminent domain | 5th amendment |
| right to a quick and speedy trial | 6th amendment |
| allowed a lawyer | 6th amendment |
| tried where the crime was committed | 6th amendment |
| right to a jury | 7th amendment |
| punishment for crimes | 8th amendment |
| unenumerated rights | 9th amendment |
| powers reserved to the states | 10th amendment |
| Popular Sovereignty | the government gets the power from the people |
| limited government | the government has only the power that the constution gives it and everybody is under the law, even the president |
| separation of power | divides the government into 3 branches with different duties and pwoer to keep it eqaul |
| checks and balences | each branch of government has the power to check, or limit, the actions of the other two |
| federalism | division of power between the federal government and the states |
| republicanism | when citizens elect representatives to carry out thier will |
| individual rights | the consitution protects our individual rights |
| supported a strong national goevernment which would have more power then the states governments | Alexander Hamilton |
| a skillful writer, gave the constituion its final wording | Gouverneur Morris |
| wisdom and timely humor helped ease tensions between delegates involved in the frustrating and sometimes heates debate | Benjamin Franklin |
| Commerce Compromise | Congress could only tax imports, they could not tax ezports |
| Election compromise | 1. voters would pick electors which would vote for the president 2. senators would be elected indirectly by state legislature 3. the house of representatives are elceted directly by the people |
| how does congress get into power? | by a direct election |
| how does the president get into office? | the electoral college |
| how does the supreme court get into power? | they are appointed by the president and approved by the senate |
| Congress is in what branch? | legislative |
| The supreme court is in what branch? | Judicial |
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