Constitution Shit Flashcards
what did the articles of confederation lead to
the constitutional convention and the writing of the constitution itself
was the meeting supposed to public or secretive
secretive
why was the meeting supposed to be that way
they didn’t want their to be an uproar or anything from the people because they disagreed with what the new articles would consist of
who was the virginia plan written by
Edmund Randolph
how many branches were there in the virginia plan
two branches (two houses)
what were the house(s) in the virginia plan
legislature/ senate
what was the voting system in the virginia plan
larger states would have more votes than the smaller states
what could the federal government do under the virginia plan
could tax and regular trade
New Jersey Plan
congress could tax and regulate trade/
would have three branches/
everyone would have an equal vote no matter what the size of the state was
Great Compromise
each state has an equal amount of votes in the senate, but the larger the state the more representatives you have in the house of representatives
3/5 compromise
3/5 of the amount of slaves there were would count for the states population
who wrote the New Jersey plan
william patterson
what does the beginning of the constitution called and what does it start with
the preamble,/
we the people
what do the beginning words of the constitution show
they are no longer separate states and are united and that they feel they are running the governmentt and aren’t being controlled
what does article 2 talk about in the constitution
the executive branch
what does article 3 talk about in the constitution
the judicial branch
what does article 4 talk about in the constitution
relations among the states
what did article 5 talk about in the constitution
a change or amendment to the constitution
how many amendments have their been
27
what are the first ten amendments called
the bill of rights
what did article 6 talk about
how the nation or the constitution is the most important of the land/
national law supersedes state law, federal law
what did the 7th article of the constitution talk about
radical of the constitution
what is the US constitution
- The supreme law of the United States
- It is the foundation and source of the legal authority underlying the existence of the United States of America and the Federal Government of the United States
- It provides the framework for the organization of the united states government
what are the basic principles of the constitution
popular sovereignty/
limited government/
seperation of power/
federalism
popular sovereignty
governments power resides in the people
limited government
government is not all powerful, can only do what people let it
seperation of powers
helps prevent one branch from becoming too powerful/
checks and balances
federalism
division of powers among national and state government
what are the checks and balances
• Every branch has different things that they can do that each branch has equal power and that they do not have to much powers
how does the executive branch check on the judicial
- Grant reprieves and pardons
* Acquire judges to fill vacancies in the courts
how does the executive branch check on the legislative
- Authority is call special sessions of Congress
- President is Commander-in-chief
- Power to veto bills
how does the judicial branch check on the executive branch
- Interpret laws and Presidential actions
- Judges appointed by the President
- Serve for life
how does the judicial branch check on the legislative branch
- Interpret laws
- Determine constitution
- Serve for life
how does the legislative branch check on the judicial branch
- Power to institute new courts
- Authority to impeach
- Approve judicial appointments made by President
how does the legislative branch check on the executive branch
- Approve presidential appointments
- Authority to bring impeachments hearing
- Power to override presidential vetoes
- Control appropriations
- Ratify treaties
- Declare war
who wrote the constitution
James Madison
what is the first bill of right
the granting of freedoms; speech, religion, protests, and the freedom of the press
when was the constitution written
May 25th to september 17th, 1787
where was the constitution written
Philly
why was the constitution written
intention was to revise the articles of Confederation; ended up replacing them
what was the meeting for the constitution called
the constitutional convention
how many votes were needed to ratify or officiallly approve of the constitution before it went into effect
9/13
what two groups had a huge debate about everything
the federalists and the anti-federalists
