Vocabulary
Amendments
Articles of Confederation
Constitution
2016 Election
100
a legislature consisting of two parts, or houses
What is a bicameral
100
Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, petition
What is the 1st amendment
100
A state could not raise and support a large army
What is an example of why the Articles were made
100
New Hampshire
What was the first colony to organize as a state?
100
Donald Trump
Who won the presidential election?
200
a group of individuals or state governments
What is confederation
200
The right to bear arms
What is the 2nd amendment
200
The date that the congress wrote out plans in the Articles of Confederation
What is 1777
200
a detailed, written plan for government
What is a constitution
200
The winner of the 23rd district representative
Who is Debbie Wasserman Shultz
300
any change in the constitution
What is an amendment
300
Abolition of slavery
What is the 13th amendment
300
a law that set up a plan for surveying western lands
What is the ordinance of 1785
300
A legislature that were bicameral
Who made laws in each state
300
The political party that won control of the Senate and House of Representatives
What is the Republican Party?
400
a formal request for government action
What is a petition
400
Women's right to vote
What is the 19th amendment
400
The first constitution of the United States
What are the Article of Confederation?
400
Almost 10 years
What is the number of years it took for the American leaders to decide that the national government needed to be stronger?
400
The percentage that Donald Trump won Florida by
What is 1%
500
a court order allowing police to search property and seize evidence
What is a search warrant
500
The right to vote at age 18
What is the 26th amendment
500
There was no leader
What is a weakness of the Articles
500
The Three-Fifths Compromise
What agreement at the Constitutional Convention concerned the way to represent enslaved people in the House of Representatives?
500
The number of names that were on the ballot for president at the general election
What is 6 names
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