Constitutional Convention

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  1. 4. branch of government where two houses of congress create and pass laws
  2. 6. the first ten _____ of the constitution were influenced by the english bill of rights
  3. 8. amendment that prevents the government from prohibiting you to practice your religion
  4. 9. branch of government where the commander in chief can veto or enforce laws
  5. 11. citizens and media are allowed to express different viewpoints as a result of the first amendment's freedom of the _____
  6. 16. the great compromise created two houses of congress to settle issues between large and small _____
  7. 17. a _____ believed that a strong, central government would provide a stable and successful nation
  8. 20. anti-federalists would not ratify the _____ until citizen's individual liberties were protected
  9. 22. political idea defined as representatives carrying out the will of the people
  10. 23. amendment that protects you from serving a punishment that it excessive and not matching the crime
  11. 24. amendment that gives you the right to a fair and speedy trial
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  1. 1. the drafters of the articles of confederation fear that a strong, central _____ would abuse its power
  2. 2. parliamentary act that would be protected against in the constitution by the third amendment
  3. 3. smaller states did not like the _____ plan because it gave larger states with higher populations too much power
  4. 5. the bill of rights are the first ten amendments that focus primarily on protecting our individual _____ (freedoms)
  5. 7. section of the country that gained political power as a result of the 3/5 compromise
  6. 8. word that defines how the tenth amendment allows federal and state governments to share power
  7. 10. two houses of congress were formed to make laws when the great compromise created a _____ legislature
  8. 12. last name of the ant-federalists who believed the constitution should protect individual liberties with a bill of rights
  9. 13. group of people that believed a bill of rights would be dangerous to our nation
  10. 14. james madison (tubb's hero) was known as the _____ of the constitution
  11. 15. the third amendment of the constitution addresses how _____ soldiers treated colonists in the revolutionary era
  12. 18. group of people that were deemed not equal to free people as a result of the 3/5 compromise
  13. 19. the first amendment gives protects your freedom of speech and _____
  14. 21. branch of the government where the supreme court judges the constitutionality of laws (whether they're legal or not)