The Constitution Study Guide

	1. The form of government in which power is divided between the national government and the states is called

	2.	Unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain group is called what?

	3.	What is the term for banning printed materials or films merely because they contain alarming or offensive ideas?

	4.	According to the ________________________, the law applies to everyone, even those who govern.

	5.	What keeps one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

	6.	Many Southern states practiced ______________________________, or the social separation of the races.

	7.	__________________________________________ are held by both state and federal governments.

	8.	Which amendment protects Americans “against unreasonable searches and seizures”?

	9.	Who did delegates unanimously agree should preside over the Constitutional Convention?

	10.	The ______________________________ called for Congress to have a Senate and a House of Representatives.

	11.	The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are known as the __________________________________.

	12.	What refers to powers given to state governments but not to the national government?

	13.	The middle part of the _____________________________________ states the six purposes of the government.

	14.	What is the group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president?

	15.____________________________ was a famous diplomat, writer, inventor, and scientist who attended the Constitutional Convention.

	16.	The right to _________________________________ means the right to express one’s ideas to the government.

	17.	The necessary and proper clause allows Congress to exercise _____________________________________.

	18. Because its leaders opposed a stronger central government, ________________________________ was not represented at the Constitutional Convention.

	19.	The ________________________ believed the Constitution should provide protection for certain basic liberties.

	20.	What plan proposed that every five enslaved persons would count as three free persons?

	21.	____________________ is a crime that involves harming a person’s reputation by printing lies about him or her.

	22.	____________________________________________ is the notion that governmental power lies with the people.

	23.	What part of the Constitution deals with how the legislative branch will work?

24.	The ______________________ Amendment protected the right of women to vote in all national and state elections.

25.	Name the 5 basic freedoms protected in the First Amendment.

Identify the following:

Article II	expressed powers	
Patrick Henry	Preamble