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15 Cards in this Set
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September 17, 1787 |
date constitution was finished |
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Philadelphia PA Independence Hall |
Where the constitution was written |
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SC signers of the Constitution |
Rutledge, Pickney, Pickney, Butler |
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We the people |
1st 3 words of the constitution |
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Legislative, Executive, Judicial |
3 branches of government the constitution set up |
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Senate and House of Representatives |
two houses of Congress (Legislative Branch) |
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Great compromise of 1787 (Connecticut Compromise) |
Gave us a bicameral legislature |
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Article 1 Article 2 Article 3 of the constitution |
Legislative Branch (Bicameral House and Senate) Executive Branch (President, VP, secretaries) Judicial Branch (Supreme court and lower courts) |
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35 |
Minimum age of US president |
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treason |
only crime defined in the constitution |
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Bill of Rights |
1st 10 amendments to the constitution |
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Constitution |
replaced the Articles of Confederation |
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Constitutional Convention (Philadelphia Convention) |
Called to replace the Articles of Confederation |
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Federalist |
wanted a stronger National government |
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Anti-federalists |
wanted more states rights |
