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FOUNDATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION

100

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  • This document was replaced by the Constitution in 1787.

What are the Articles of Confederation?

200

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  • The opening statement of the Constitution is called this.

What is the Preamble?

300

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  • The Constitution was signed in this city.

What is Philadelphia?

400

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  • The Constitution divides government into these three branches.

• What are legislative, executive, and judicial?
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500

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  • This compromise created a two-house Congress.

What is the Great Compromise?

BILL OF RIGHTS

100

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  • The First Amendment protects freedom of this.

What is speech?

200

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  • The Second Amendment gives people the right to own these.

What are guns?

300

• The Fourth Amendment protects people from unfair _______.

What are searches?

400

• The Fifth Amendment says you don’t have to say things that make you look guilty.

What is self-incrimination?

500

• The Eighth Amendment says punishments cannot be too _______.

•  What is cruel?

BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT

100

•  This branch makes laws

What is the legislative branch?

200

• This branch carries out laws

What is the executive branch?

300

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  • This branch decides if laws are fair

What is the judicial branch?

400

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  • The President is part of this branch

What is the executive branch?

500

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  • The Supreme Court is part of this branch.

What is the judicial branch?

TERM LIMITS

100

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  • A U.S. President can serve this many terms.

What is two?

200

Each presidential term lasts this many years.

What is four years?

300

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  • Members of the House of Representatives serve for this many years per term.

What is two years?

400

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  • U.S. Senators serve for this many years per term.

What is six years?

500

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  • True or False: Supreme Court Justices have term limits.

What is False? (They serve for life unless they retire or are removed.)

ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

100

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  • The Articles of Confederation were America’s first plan for _______.

 What is government?

200

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  •  Under the Articles, Congress could make laws but could not collect these.

What are taxes?

300

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  • The Articles gave most power to the _______.

What are the states?

400

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  • One big weakness of the Articles was that Congress could not raise a national _______.

What is the army?

500

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  • The Articles were replaced by this stronger plan in 1787.

What is the Constitution?