Constitution Week 1 Vocabulary Quiz

first American constitution; very weak; limited power of Congress; gave states authority over all decisions

• Articles of Confederation

• Adams-Onis Treaty

• Bill of Rights

• Emancipation Proclamation

process for establishing territories and applying for statehood

• Northwest Ordinance
• Proclamation of 1763

• Monroe Doctrine

• Unorganized Ordinance

United States Constitution was written

• 1787
• 1781

• 1783

• 1763

to approve by vote

• Ratify
• Neutrality

• Suffrage

• Tariff

addition to a document

• Amendment
• Boycott

• Grievance

• Bicameral

application of law and legal principles for all citizens, ensuring protection of rights

• Due process
• Grievance

• Electoral College

• Amendment

power given to the states through the Constitution, check to federal powers; 10th amendment

• State's Rights
• Sovereignty

• Suffrage

• Republic

created bicameral Congress with the House of Representatives based on population and the equal representation to each state in the Senate

• Great Compromise
• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Parliament

• Shay's Rebellion

2 chamber legislature

• Bicameral
• Foreign Policy

• Democracy

• Due Process