Unit 6 - Creating the Constitution - 3 Branches

The First government of the United States that failed miserably.

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Mayflower Compact

Meeting in 1787 of the elected representatives of the thirteen original states to write a new Constitution of the United States.

• The Constitutional Convention

• The Continental Congress

• The Sons of Liberty

• The Tea Party

1787 - This compromise was between the large and small states of the colonies to create the House and the Senate

• The 3/5ths Compromise

• The Great Compromise

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Room where it happened Compromise

Agreement between Slave states and non-slave states providing that enslaved persons would count as three-fifths of a person

• The Compromise of 1830

• The Great Compromise

• 3/5ths Compromise

• The New Deal

What vocab word means the formal approval, final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty

• Ratify

• Sanctify

• Sci-Fi

• Veto

This group believe the constitution was perfect the way it was written and supported a strong but limited government

• Anti Federalists

• Federalists

This group believe the Constitution needed a Bill of Rights to make sure the people were protected against the government.

• Anti Federalists

• Federalists

Check all of the Rights below that are protected under the 1st Amendment (Pick 3)

• Right to Bear Arms

• Freedom of Speech

• Freedom of Violent Rebellion

• Freedom of Religion

• Freedom of Press

Which of the following amendments would protect your from getting searched illegally?

• 1st Amendment

• 3rd Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• 8th Amendment

Which of the following Principles of Government means People have the power over their government?

• Limited Government

• Federalism

• Separation of Powers

• Popular Sovereignty