The Confederation Period
The Constitutional Convention
The Three Branches of Government
Approval and the Bill of Rights
The New Government Begins
100
a form of government in which people elect representatives to govern the country
What is a republic?
100
the location of the Constitutional Convention
What is Philadelphia?
100
The three parts of the Constitution
What is the Preamble, the Articles and the Amendments?
100
the definition of ratify
What is "to approve"?
100
The first President of the United States?
Who is George Washington?
200
a major economic issue that occurred due to the Articles of Confederation
What is inflation?
200
the original intent of the Annapolis Convention
What is to fix the Articles of Confederation?
200
The purpose of the Legislative Branch
What is to make laws?
200
The first state to ratify the Constitution
What is Delaware?
200
The number of terms George Washington served?
What is 2?
300
leader of the rebellion that exposed problems with the Articles of Confederation
Who is Daniel Shays?
300
President of the Constitutional Convention
Who was George Washington?
300
the term of a Senator
What is 6 years?
300
this group did not support the Constitution
Who are the anti-Federalists?
300
a group whose members try to elect government officials who share the same points of view on many issues
What is a political party?
400
a set of laws
What is an ordinance?
400
a governmental system where powers are shared between the national and state governments
What is a federal system?
400
The purpose of the Executive Branch
What is to execute laws?
400
means "a change"
What is an amendment?
400
the second President of the United States
Who is John Adams?
500
is quoted for saying, "A rope made of out sand is better than a rope made out of iron".
Who is Patrick Henry?
500
Roger Sherman's plan for a two-house legislature
What is the Great Compromise?
500
the number of Supreme Court Justices
What is 9?
500
who claims the reserved powers in the Bill of Rights
Who are the states?
500
a group of the President's most important advisers
What is the Cabinet?
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