Articles of Confederation
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This is the United States current governing document.
What is the Constitution
This is the amendment that gives people freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom to assemble, freedom to petition, and the freedom of press.
What is the first amendment?
These people were against a strong central government.
The United States is currently in a military conflict (war) with this country?
What is Iran?
The biggest weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
What is the failure to collect taxes?
This compromise led black slaves to be counted as 3/5's of a person when determining population.
What is the 3/5's Compromise?
This amendment protects soldiers from occupying your home without your consent.
What is the 3rd amendment?
This amendment gives you the right to a speedy, fair, and public trial.
What is the 6th amendment?
This water way has become essential to the United States efforts in their war in Iran.
What is the Straight of Hormuz
This is the amount of branches of government in the Articles of confederation.
What is one?
This plan wanted representation in congress to be determined by population.
What is the Virginia Plan
This amendment protects you from being charged for the same crime twice, and gives you the right to remain silent.
What is the 5th amendment?
This is the system that allows each branch of government to limit the other branches.
What are checks and balances.
This country is on the United States side in the War with Iran.
What is Israel?
This is something the Articles of Confederation could do.
What is declare war, make treaties, conduct foreign affairs, and amend the articles.
This plan wanted equal representation in congress regardless of population.
What is the New Jersey plan?
This amendment protects you from unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the 4th amendment?
The number of House Representatives in the United States of America.
What is 435?
The United States is currently using this military tactic to make sure no ships go in or out of Iran.
What is a Blockade?
This event led by a former Revolutionary War Veteran kept states from collecting taxes on indebted farmers and almost overthrew the government.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
This gave us a two house congress.
This is what the 8th amendment does.
What is protecting you from cruel and unusual punishments.
This act created 5 new states and outlawed slavery in all of them.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
This has been where negotiations have taken place over the war with Iran.
What is Pakistan?