Constitution Flashcards
What is the supreme law of the land?
Constitution
The idea of self government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words
we the people
What is an amendment
Change to the constitution
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution
Bill of Rights
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
Speech/Assembly/Religion
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
Gave the US freedom from Britain
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence
Life Liberty Happiness
Name one branch or part of the government
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful
Checks/Balances
Who is in charge of the executive branch
President
James Madison helped write which plan at the convention
Virginia Plan
What branch of government id discussed in Article 1
Legislative
Name one of the authors of the Federalist Papers
Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, John Jay
True or False; was Thomas Jefferson at the Constitutional Convention
False
Name of the U.S. government before the adoption of our present constitution
Articles of Confederation (AOC)
Name one check that the judicial branch has on the legislative branch
Declare laws unconstitutional
Which plan at the convention favored proportional representation in congress
Virginia plan
True or False; John Adams was at the Constitutional Convention
False
How many votes did each state get in Congress under the Articles of Confederation?
1
Name one Department in Washington’s first cabinet
War Department
What branch of government was discussed in Article 2
Judicial
The XYZ Affair caused an undeclared war with which nation
France
Who became the second president of the US
John Adams
What laws were thought by some to be a violation of our 1st Amendment rights?
Alien and Sedition Acts
Name one check that the president has over congress?
Vetoing
What was another name for the big state plan at the Constitutional Convention?
Virginia Plan
Thomas Jefferson bought the territory of Louisiana from which Country?
France
