| A | B |
|---|
| group that supported ratification of constitution | Federalists |
| group against constitution | Anti-Federalists |
| first state to ratify constitution | delaware |
| 9th and deciding state for constitution | New Hampshire |
| First 10 amendments | Bill of Rights |
| # of amendments to Constitution since signing | 27 |
| president is this branch | executive branch |
| branch that interperets law | judicial |
| branch that makes law | legislative |
| father of the caonstitution | madison |
| youngest delegate at constitutional convention | dayton |
| not selected to attend constitutional convention | Sam Adams |
| virginia delegate and father of the constitution | madison |
| oldest member at philadelphia | Franklin |
| presented NJ plan | Paterson |
| presented VA plan | Randalph |
| land owner upset by state tax laws | Shays |
| painted Boone in cumberland gap | Bingham |
| missed the convention b/c he was in britain | John adams |
| missed contitutional convention while in france | Jefferson |
| didnt go to philadephia b/c he smelled a rat | patrick henry |
| leading figure in frontier exploration and settlement | Daniel Boone |
| period of confederation | 17-81-1788 |
| 3/5 compromise | resolved conflict between northern and southern states about states counting in population |
| great compromise settled this | representation in congress |
| tariff | tax on imports |
| # of articles in constitution | 7 |
| first and longest is about what | legislative branch |
| division of power between the nation and state governments | federalism |
| states that government receives its authority from the people | populat soverignty |
| each branch of gov't can restrain the other brances | checks and balances |
| power of the courts is to determine if acts of acongress are constitution, this is called what? | judicial review |
| writers of the constitution | framers |
| country in which the power is held by people who elect representatives to act for them | republic |
| introduction to the constitution | preamble |
| supreme gov't (state or national) | national |
| senators term | 6 years |
| federal judges term | life |
| reperasintative's term | 2 years |
| a representative must be this age | 25 |
| senator must me __ years | 30 |
| president must be __ years | 35 |
| must be a native born citizen | president |
| # of electoral votes TN has | 11 |
| how many representatives does TN have? | 9 |
| who are our senators? | Frist and Thompson |
| who are our representatives | Ford, Jr. and Bryant |
| house that never dies | senate |
| lower house | house of representatives |
| upper house | senate |
