Counted 3 out of every five slaves as part of a state's population.

Created a bicameral legislature where representation was based on a state's population and financial contributions to the federal legislature.

Created a bicameral legislature where one chamber is based on a state's population and the other has equal representations per state.

This plan favored states that had large populations.

This plan favored states that had small populations.

This plan was proposed by James Madison.

This plan was proposed by Roger Sherman

Which principle states that the people are the source of the government's power?

According to which principle are powers are divided equally between the national government and the state governments?

According to the principle of ______________, the Supreme Court has the right to determine whether a law or action of government is unconstitutional.

The idea that the government must obey the Constitution and is not immune from the laws it makes.

The three branches of government each have distinct and co-equal authority.

Although the President and Executive Branch has the authority to create treaties, all treaties must be approved by the Senate. This is an example of...

The principle which gives the national government the right to regulate international interstate trade, but the states have the authority to regulate trade within its own borders.

According to this principle, only the Legislative Branch has the power to make laws.

Which article of the US Constitution establishes the Judicial Branch of the national government?

Which article of the US Constitution sets the procedures for ratifying the United States Constitution during the Constitutional Convention?

Which article of the US Constitution outlines the process to amend, change, the US Constitution?

Which article of the US Constitution establishes the Legislative Branch of the national government?

Which article to the US Constitution declares the Constitution, and therefore the national government, to be the Supreme Law of the Land?

Which article establishes and outlines the responsibilities of the the Executive Branch which includes the Office of the President and the Cabinet?

The amendment that says you cannot be forced to testify against yourself in a court of law.

Which amendment in the Bill of RIghts prevents the government from giving punishments considered cruel or unusual such as whipping to branding?

Which amendment in the Bill of Rights protects a person's right to freely exercise his/her own religious beliefs?

Which Bill of Rights amendment protects a person's right to privacy by requiring the police to obtain your permission or a warrant before they can search personal property?

This amendment prohibits the government from denying a person a fair, speedy, trial by an impartial jury.

In the landmark Supreme Court ruling Gideon v. Wainwright, the Supreme Court ruled that Florida violated this amendment when they failed to provide Gideon legal counsel when he requested it to help with his legal trial.

According to this amendment, any power not delegated to the national government nor denied to the states, are reserved for the states. This is why state powers are called "Reserved Powers."

"For the purpose of providing a common militia, being necessary for the protection of a free state, the right to bear arms shall not be infringed"

Grants people the right to a jury trial in civil cases (lawsuits).

The right to move freely from state to state comes from this amendment.

This amendment was passed in response to the colonial experience with the Quartering Act that was used in the Colonial Era.

When developing the US Constitution, what type of system did the Founding Fathers want to create?

According to the First Amendment, this branch of government is composed of a bicameral elected body.

Which branch of government has the authority to determine whether or not a law of action of government is constitutional?

Which amendment repealled prohibition, allowing the manufacture, distribution, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages to resume?

Which amendment abolished slavery and forced servitude except as punishment for a crime?

Which amendment, passed in 1920, granted women the right to vote?

Which amendment created the Income Tax?

The President is inaugurated on January 20th. Congress begins to meet on January 3rd. Which amendment is this?

Which Civil War Amendment states that a person is a US citizen if he or she was born in the United States, born to a US citizen, or naturalized. States cannot deny a person their rights if they are a US citizen.