Social Studies

Content Standard 4
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Social Studies

Content Standard 4
Definitions

Checks and balances

A system that lets each
branch of government limit
the power of the other two.

Third Amendment
This amendment states that
people do not have to allow
soldiers to live in their home.

Sixth Amendment
This amendment states that
people accused of a crime
have the right to a speedy,
public trial by jury

Bill of Rights
The first 10 amendments to
the Constitution. It lists
many of the individual rights
the U. S. government
promises to protect.

First Amendment
This amendment states that
people have the freedom of
religion and expression

Fourth Amendment
This amendment states that
the police cannot search
people or their homes
without a good reason

Ninth Amendment
This amendment states that
people have other rights
besides those stated in the
Constitution

Federal system
A form of government in
which the states share power
with the central government

Articles of Confederation
An early plan of government
for the U.S. that created a
weak national government.

Virginia Plan
James Madisons idea that called
for a federal system in which the
national government had three
parts. It was supported by
larger states

Second Amendment
This amendment gives
people the right to bear arms
and protect their country

Seventh amendment
This amendment states that
people who have a
disagreement about something
worth more than $20 have the
right to a trial by a jury.

Fifth Amendment
This amendment states that
people accused of a crime have
the right to a fair trial. They
cannot be tried more than once
for the same crime

Executive branch
Carries out the laws made by
Congress. The President is
the head of this branch.

Tenth Amendment
This amendment states that any
powers the Constitution does
not give to the federal
government belong to the states
or the people

Eighth Amendment
This amendment states that in
most cases, accused people can
remain out of jail until their trial
if they pay bail

The Great Compromise

Roger Shermans suggestion of
dividing Congress into two parts
so that larger and smaller states
could both agree

Shays Rebellion
Farmers losing their farms
because they could not pay
their taxes led to this
protest.

Federalists
Supporters of the
Constitution were called this

Judicial branch
Decides the meaning of laws
and whether laws have been
followed.

amendment
A change made to the
Constitution

Cabinet
A group appointed by a
President to help govern the
country

Northwest Territory
Land that the U.S. won after
the Revolution.

New Jersey Plan

A document started by the
small states that would give
them as much power as the
larger states

Legislative branch
Has two parts and makes the
laws for our country

Three-Fifths Rule
The rule that counted five
slaves as three free people

Antifederalists
People who opposed the new
Constitution were called this

George Mason
He was a framer of the Constitution
and helped forge the Great
Compromise in which our
legislature would have two parts.

Gouverneur Morris
He was a leader of the
Constitutional Convention and
helped with the writing of the
Constitution.