Unit 4/5 The Constitution

People who argued against the ratification of the Constitution because it weakened states’ rights

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Democrats

• Republicans

An agreement of governance that created strong state governments but could not tax or raise an army

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• U.S. Constitution

• Bill of Rights

First ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution that protects individual freedoms

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Mayflower Compact

Individual rights listed in the U.S. Constitution that are the result of colonial grievances

• Magna Carta

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• Mayflower Compact

Constitutional provision that ensures no single branch of government has complete authority

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

• Limited Government

• Federalism

Each branch of government has the power to control the other two branches

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

• Popular Sovereignty

• Federalism

Gathering of representatives in 1787 in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederations

• Constitutional Convention

• U.S. Constitution

• Continental Congress

• Republicanism

Right that protects you from cruel and unusual punishment

• Eighth Amendment

• Fourth Amendment

• Second Amendment

• Ninth Amendment

People who argued for the ratification of the Constitution

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Democratic Republicans

• Parliament

Right to refuse testimony against yourself; law of due process

• Fifth Amendment

• Fourth Amendment

• Third Amendment

• Sixth Amendment