Constitution to Jackson STAAR Review

Match the following

• Freedom of Speech, Press, Petition, Assembly and Religion

• 4th Amendment

• A fair and speedy trial by jury in criminal cases

• 1st Amendment

• No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house

• 8th Amendment

• No cruel and unusual punishment/no excessive fines or bail

• 6th Amendment

• Protects against unreasonable search and seizures/need a warrant.

• 3rd Amendment

Match the following principles with the correct definition-

• splits power between a national or federal government and the local governments.

• Popular Sovreignty

• The power in the government of the United States comes directly from the people.

• Checks and Balances

• powers that create a government in which there is no concentration of power in any one branch

• Limited Government

• each of the three branches of government having the authority to check the power of the others.

• Federalism

• The government of the United States is limited by our written laws

• Separation of Powers

What did the Magna Carta do?

• Gave more power to the King
• Limited the power of the King
• Got rid of the Feudal System in England
• Gave more power to the Common People

allowed a House of Rep. based on population and gave equal representation the in the Senate

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Articles of Confederation

• Great Compromise

Wrote the Bill of Rights and contributed the most to the creation of the Constitution

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• John Adams

branch of government that makes laws

• Executive

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Administrative

branch of government that interprets the laws

• executive

• judicial

• legislative

• administrative

branch of government that enforces the laws

• executive

• judicial

• legislative

a series of letters written in support of the ratification of the Constitution

• Federalist Essays

• Bill of Rights

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

Which amendment was included in the Bill of Rights in order to address the grievance expressed below?
"Depriving us..... of.... Trial by Jury"

• 1st Amendment
• 4th Amendment
• 6th Amendment
• 10 Amendment