Fast and Curious: The US Constitution

America's first governing document (failed)

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• US Constitution

Agreement made by the Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house.

• 3/5 compromise

• Missouri Compromise

• Great (Connecticut) Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

Agreement that determined how enslaved people would be counted toward a state's population.

• 3/5 compromise

• Missouri Compromise

• Great (Connecticut) Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

The division of power between the national and state governments.

• federalism

• checks and balances

• separation of powers

• electoral college

A group selected to elect the president, in which each state’s number is equal to the number of its senators and representatives in Congress

• federalism

• checks and balances

• separation of powers

• electoral college

Powers given to separate branches of government to keep any one from getting too much power.

• federalism

• checks and balances

• separation of powers

• electoral college

the branch of government that makes the laws

• judicial branch

• olive branch

• legislative branch

• executive branch

the branch of government that enforces the laws

• judicial branch

• olive branch

• legislative branch

• executive branch

the branch of government that interprets the laws and the Constitution

• judicial branch

• olive branch

• legislative branch

• executive branch

set of amendments passed to protect individual rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• US Constitution