Constitution Review Unit 3

The 1st Amendment

• Freedom to work

  Freedom to prosper

  Freedom to attend school

• Freedom of speech

  Freedom of religion

  Freedom to assemble

  Freedom to petition the gov.

  Freedom of the press

• Freedom to due process

  Freedom of government

  Freedom to participate

Checks and Balances

• Legislative Branch has the least power

• Executive branch has all the power

• President can veto laws

  Congress can override vetos

  Supreme Court can declare laws unconstitutional

Legislative Branch

• Makes the laws

• interprets the laws

• enforces the laws

Executive Branch

• interprets the laws

• carries out the laws

• makes the laws

Judicial Branch

• Interprets the laws

• carries out the laws

• makes the laws

1st Amendment

• Encourages one religion only

• Prohibits people from spreading their beliefs

• Allows groups to share and promote their beliefs

Federalists favored.......

• Having a strong central government

• Having a weak central government

• A Bill of Rights

The Great Compromise

• Created a Unicameral legislature

• counted enslaved people as population

• Created a Bicameral legislature

  Settled arguments between large and small states

3/5 Compromise

• ended slavery in the Southern States

• decided how enslaved people would be counted

  settled arguments between Northern & Southern States

• created a Unicameral legislature

The 5th Amendment was inspired by......

• the need for a stronger central government

• the need for a well trained militia

• the need to protect citizens against DOUBLE JEOPARDY

  (being tried for the same crime twice)