Constitution and Bill of Rights

Federalist

• a document that authorizes law enforcement to make arrests or search property.

• supported the Constitution and strong national government.

• supported the Constitution and strong national government.

• connected to the people of a country or city, and not to a military or religious group

Anti-Federalist

• opposed a strong national government.

• to come or bring together; to form a group. 

• supported the Constitution and strong national government.

• power comes from the people

Constitution

• powers are divided between separate branches of government

• the document that describes the principles and laws of a country, state, or organization.

• the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing basic rights to the people of the United States.

• “a person held to service or labor” who fled to another state would be returned to their owner.

Amendment

•  something a person is allowed or should be allowed to have or do.

• to come or bring together; to form a group.

• a document that authorizes law enforcement to make arrests or search property.

• a change or addition to a legal document, like a bill or constitution.

Ratification

• the official way to confirm something, usually by vote.

• government can only do what people give it permission to do

• to make it appear or to suggest that someone did something wrong or illegal.

• the U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the land.

Bill of Rights

• the U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the land.

•  the document that describes the principles and laws of a country, state, or organization.

• the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing basic rights to the people of the United States.

•  in a legal case, the group of people who decide if someone is guilty or not guilty.

Civil

• connected to the people of a country or city, and not to a military or religious group.

• to come or bring together; to form a group. 

• something a person is allowed or should be allowed to have or do.

• opposed a strong national government.

Jury

• to come or bring together; to form a group. 

• to make it appear or to suggest that someone did something wrong or illegal.

• the official way to confirm something, usually by vote.

•  in a legal case, the group of people who decide if someone is guilty or not guilty.

Right

• government can only do what people give it permission to do

• something a person is allowed or should be allowed to have or do.

• a document that authorizes law enforcement to make arrests or search property.

• to make it appear or to suggest that someone did something wrong or illegal.

Warrant

•  to come or bring together; to form a group.

• opposed a strong national government.

•  a document that authorizes law enforcement to make arrests or search property.

•  the document that describes the principles and laws of a country, state, or organization.