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Constitution
History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What act of legislation created surveying? | Land Ordinance of 1785 |
| Forbiden to arrest you for doing something that wasn't illegal at the time in which you did it. | Expost-Facto Law |
| Subsequent meeting in May of 1787 | Constitutional Convention |
| President's ability to forbid legislation to go into effect | Veto |
| Rebellion of farmers for a new government | Shay's Rebellion |
| People not for the constitution | Anti-Federalists |
| People for the constitution | Federalists |
| 3 Branches of gov. | Legislative Executive Judicial |
| Bringing to trial high ranking officials for high crime and misdemeaners | Impeachment |
| Method used to elect president | Electorial college |
| Gov. where citizens rule through their elected officials | Republic |
| Document that protects individuals rights | Bill of Rights |
| What compramise was over taxation and the representation of slaves | 3/5 Compramise |
| Two checks the judicial has over the executive | 1)Judges are appointed for life 2)Courts may declare acts of the president to be unconstitutional |
| One check the judicial has over the legislative | Courts may declare acts of congress to be unconstitutional |
| Two checks the legislative has over the judicial | 1)Congress can create a lower court 2)Impeach judges |
| 2 Checks teh executive has over legislative | 1)Pres. can veto 2)Executive can reccomend leg. |
| 2 Checks the legislative has over the executive | 1)Impeachment 2)Congress creates laws |
| 2Checks the executive has over the judicial | President can appoint supream court and federal judges |
| Who created the Virginia plan? | James Madison |
| Who created the New Jersey plan? | William Patterson |
| Who developed the great compromise? | Roger Sherman |
| What plan made these two plans Compromise? | The Great Compromise |
| 1st meeting in Sept. 1786 that solved interstate trade problems | Anapolis Convention |
| Act that divided up the N.W territory | N.W ordinance 1787 |
| First form of gov. used by the U.S. | Articles of Confederation |
| What plan favored small states? | Unicameral Equal representation |
| What plan favored large states and what did it call for | Virginia Plan called for bicammeral leg. reps proportional to number of citizens. |
| Authorities arent allowed to hold you for more than 24 hours without formal charges | Wit of habes corpus |
| Official aproval of people for leg. | Ratification |
| Group ruled the Articles of Confederation. | Confederation Congress |
| 3 Anti-federalists | Patrick Henry Sam Adams Thomas Jefferson |
| 3 Federalists | John Jay James Madison Alexander Hamilton |
| 1st amendment | Freedom of speach |
| 2nd ammendment | Righ to bear arms |
| 3rd amendment | Restricts the housing of troops in citizens homes |
| 4th amendment | protects from ureasonable search and seizure |
| 5th amendment | right to not incriminate yourself |
| 6th amendment | right to a speedy trial |
| 7th amendment | right to trial by juru |
| 8th amendment | Protects from cruel and unusual punishment |
| 9th amendment | Rights of states |
| 10th amendment | Rights of people |
| First three articals of confederation | 1-stile 2-state rights 3-mutual defense |
| What modern day states make up the NW territory | Ohio, Indiana, Illinoise, Wisconsin, Mishigan, and parts of Minnesota |
| 3 Weaknesses of the articles of confederation | 1)1 Vote per state no matter the size 2)Congress cannot collect taxes 3)No Executive or Judicial branch |
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