the U.S. constitution

Congress can override a president's veto with a:

2/3 vote on both house

For how many years was it agreed that the slave trade count not be ended as a result of the Slave Trade Compromise?

20 years

A member of the House of Representatives must be ____ years of age, a citizen of the U.S. for ____ years, and a __________ of the state they represent.

25, 7 years and resident

What was the solution to counting slaves for purposes of representation?

3/5 compromise

To be a Senator you must meet the following requirement(s):

30 years old, a citizen for 9 years, a resident of the state they represent

A member of the Senate must by ____ years of age, a citizen of the U.S. for ____ years, and a ___________ of the states they represent.

30, 9 years, resident

To be president, a person must be at least _____ years of age, a ____________, and a resident of the U.S. for _____________.

35, U.S. citizen by birth, 14 years prior to the election

There were _____ delegates in all that attended the convention.

55

Article VII defines the terms of ratification, requiring ____ of the 13 states for ratification.

9

Ratification only required ___ or the 13 states to sign. That state was _________ ____________. The final state to sign was _________________.

9, New Hampshire, Rhode Island

Explain the ways changes can be made to the Constitution without a formal amendment.

Any laws pass by congress, treaties, court decisions, executive orders, and executive agreement will change the constitution.

Article I established the _________________, whose main duty is to _______________. However, their other duties include: ______________, __________________, _________________, _______________.

Both houses of congress and defined there responsibilities, qualifications, and representation (legislative branch), making laws, controlling the budget, determining salaries of federal employees, controlling the postal system, controlling international trade, declaring war

The Great Compromise is also known as the:

Connecticut Compromise

The main duty of the executive branch is to __________________. The president has other duties, such as being ________________________ of the military, appointing _________ and signing treaties, although they require Senate approval.

Enforce laws, the commander of chief of the arm forces, federal judges

Article II created the _________________. It is made up of the president, the vice-president, ________________ and the heads of the _____________.

Executive branch, cabinet, federal department(FBI)

News articles published unanimously in favor of the Constitution

Federalist papers

The _____________ worked for ratification of the Constitution because they wanted a stronger national government, while the _____________ worked against ratification because they wanted the states to retain their powers.

Federalist, anti-federalist

Explain the Connecticut Compromise, including what it became known as.

It established a 2 house legislature with the lower house called the house of representatives. In it the representation will be based on population. The upper house will be called the senate where each state will have 2 senators. They will be chosen by the state legislator. Known as the great compromise

List the powers of this congress.

It would make war and peace, send and receive ambassadors, make treaties, borrow money, set up a money system, establish post offices, build a navy, raise an army by asking the state for troops, fix uniform standards of weights and measures, and settle disputes among the states.

The Father of the Constitution is:

James Madison

Article III created the ________________, which is made up of the federal court system, however, the ___________ was the only court created in the Constitution.

Judicial branch, U.S. Supreme Court

The three branches of government can be attributed to:

Montesquieu

After the signing of the Constitution, the capital was moved from Philadelphia to ______________, and on April 30, 1788, __________________ was inaugurated there.

New York, George Washington

Write out the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution.

Perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessing of liberty to ourselves and our prosperity, do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States Of America

The Constitutional Convention was help in:

Philadelphia

The Constitutional Convention was held in _______________, on May 24, _____, and its original purpose was to ____________________.

Philphaldiea in the state house, 1787, to strengthen the articles but instead they wrote an entire new document.

List and describe the 6 major principles upon which the Constitution is based.

Popular sovereignty- they wanted to make sure that the people were the only source of power for the government. Federalism- this is the division of power between the state and federal governments. Separation of powers-the division of the government into the 3 branches. Checks and balances-the different branches can keep a track on each other. Judicial review-this the ability to the supreme court to determine if are constitutional or not. Limited government- simply belief that the government should be limited by the desire of people.

In the House, representation is determined by _____________, however, in 1929, a cap of _____ representatives was put in effect.

Population, 435

The state that did not attend the Constitutional Convention was:

Rhode Island

What are the two parts of our Congress?

Senate and House of Representatives

Explain the Slave Trade Compromise, including why it was needed.

The slave states were afraid that congress would act against agricultural interests. The southern states were able to get congress to not tax exports and to not make any action on slave trade for 20 years.

Explain the qualifications needed to be a Supreme Court Justice.

There are no qualifications listed in the constitution for a federal judge

List the weaknesses of this constitution.

There were no executive or judicial branches because they could not tax. It was hard to fund the army, pay back debts, etc. They asked the states to supply them with troops. They ask the states to supply them with money. Congress did not have the power to regulate trade. Congress could not make the states obey the articles. Changing the articles requires all 13 states to agree.

Explain why the Three-Fifths Compromise was needed and what the compromise did.

This resolved from a debate over how to count slaves for taxation and representation. The northern states wanted them counted for taxation but not representation. Southern states wanted the opposite. They decided to count each slave as three-fifths of a person for both taxation and representation.

Which of the following was not present at the Constitutional convention?

Thomas Jefferson

The main duty of the court is to _____________________.

To interpret laws

Explain the 2 ways to propose and 2 ways to ratify an amendment.

To propose an amendment congress vote with a ⅔ votes even though there was a 2nd method for proposing when a national convention is called by congress at the request of ⅔ of the states. There were two ways to ratify the amendment. One is by ¾ one state legislator and the other is by convention of ¾ of the states.

When deciding how to structure congress, the delegates looked at the _____________ Plan, put forth by the large states and the _____________ Plan, put forth by the small states, but the large states plan was the one chosen as the basis by which to proceed.

Virginia, New Jersey

an addition to a document, such as a constitution

amendment

Describes the process for amending the Constitution

amendment process(artive v)

Which article is also known as the Supremacy Clause?

article 6

What government existed before the Constitution? and was written by?

articles of confederation, 2nd Continental congress

The __________ set up the structure of the U.S. government. There are ____ of these.

articles, 7

is the money or property an accused person gives to the court in order to remain out of jail until trial.

bond/bail

to change a location of a trial is called a

change of venue

Prevents any one branch of government from becoming too powerful. Allows each branch of government to limit powers of the other two branches.

checks and balances

Which of the following refers to the power of each branch to keep the others from becoming too powerful?

checks and balances

Powers that are shared by both federal and state governments are called:

concurrent powers

According to this first constitution, ________ was the only governing body.

congress

Which of the following is NOT a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

creating post offices

means that the government must follow proper the constitutional procedure in trials and other actions it takes against individuals.

due process

the body that makes the formal selection of the president is called

electoral college

power of government to take private property for public use is known as

eminent domain

is a treaty made directly between the president and the head of another country, does not require senate approval

executive agreement

article 2 of the constitution created the ? which is headed by the president

executive branch

George Washington received 90% of the electoral votes in the first election.

false

Division of government between the national and state governments

federalism

Which house of Congress has representation determined by population?

house of Representative

to accuse the federal officials of wrongdoing is to

impeach

How did the U.S. Constitution solve a problem created by the Articles of Confederation?

it enable the federal government to collect taxes

made up of the court system was created in Article III of the Constitution.

judicial branch

The power of the Supreme Court to decide whether laws and acts made by the legislative and executive branches are constitutional.

judicial review

Elected officials who are leaving office that lack influence are called

lame ducks

Article IV deals with the state's relationships to each other, stating that they must accept the validity of: ___________, ___________, & ___________ of other states.

laws , public records, court decision

The idea that the government's authority comes from the people.

popular sovereignty

The ___________ is the introduction to the Constitution.

preamble

means that he police have reasonable basis to believe the person or premises are linked to a crime before a search or arrest made

probable cause

To formally approve a plan or an agreement.

ratify

Division of Power between the 3 branches of government.

separation of powers

The New Jersey Plan was supported by the:

small states

The main reason for the meeting of what became known as the Constitutional Convention.

strengthen the articles of confederation

An inauguration is a swearing into office.

true

The Great Compromise created the structure of a bicameral legislative branch.

true

The ninth state to ratify the Constitution was New Hampshire.

true

The states must accept all the laws of other states.

true

Bicameral means

two houses

The president can "check" the power of the legislative branch by

vetoing a law