Constitutional Convention

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  1. 3. the Father of the Constitution would be James _____
  2. 7. this amendment protects you from sitting in jail for several years before your trial
  3. 9. group that believes a Bill of Rights would weaken our nation's government and ability to protect its people
  4. 12. this amendment protects you from the police searching your car or home without probably cause or a search warrant
  5. 14. the _____ compromise created two houses of congress, also known as a bicameral legislature
  6. 16. this person within the executive branch is the commander in chief of the military
  7. 17. under the Articles of Confederation, this is the number of states it took to agree in order to pass new legislation
  8. 19. a _____ was reached between large and small states as two houses of Congress were formed (one's representation based on equality and the other on population)
  9. 20. the _____ act was included as a grievance in the Declaration of Independence and we would later be protected from it by the third amendment
  10. 21. this section of the country gained a political advantage by counting slaves towards its population due to the 3/5 compromise
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  1. 1. you are allowed to promote your religious beliefs because of this amendment
  2. 2. Anti-Federalists wanted a Bill of Rights added to the Constitution to protect our _____ freedoms.
  3. 4. Patrick Henry and George Mason were both _____ Federalists who wanted to limit the power of the federal government
  4. 5. the _____ of the Articles of Confederation fear that the federal government would become too powerful
  5. 6. this branch of government has power to overrule a law if it is unconstitutional
  6. 8. this amendment grants everyone the right to due process
  7. 10. serving a life sentence for a minor crime is prohibited because of this amendment
  8. 11. Anti-Federalists believe that to avoid another monarchy, powers should be _____ between the Federal and State governments
  9. 13. in a _____, we elected Congressmen and Congresswomen to represent us and carry out our beliefs
  10. 15. the President has power to _____ (stop) a bill because of the principle of checks and balances
  11. 18. this principle is represented by the tenth amendment and calls for Federal and State governments to share powers
  12. 19. document written in 1787 that would contain a set of laws, including the Bill of Rights, and would also create our three branches of government