Constitution
3 Branches
The Patriots
Milestones
Bill of Rights
100
  • Proposed by two-thirds of the House and Senate
  • Ratified by three-fourths of state legislatures

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Amendment Process

100
The first 3 articles of the Constitution establish the 3 branches of government. Name them
Legislative, Executive and Judicial.
100
This patriot was called the “Father of the Constitution.” Was Secretary of State under Thomas Jefferson and the 4th President of the United States
James Madison
100
The birthday of the United States of America is?
July 4 1776
100
What are the Bill of Rights?
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
200

The United States is also a ________________, where the people elect others to represent them in government decisions.

Republic

200
What is the purpose for having 3 equal branches of government?
Check and balance of power
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These 3 Patriots combined their talents to write a series of 85 newspaper essays under the pseudonym Publius. These essays, called, “The Federalist Papers”, effectively presented the case for the ratification of the Constitution. Who were these 3 Patriots?
Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison.
200

What act joined the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan?

Great Compromise 

200
The Eighth Amendment says: Exessive fines cannot be imposed; Excessing bail cannot be required and.....
Cruel and unusual punishment cannot be inflicted.
300
  • What principle of government gives the American people the right to elect their leadership every four years?

Popular Sovereignty 

300
Only the United States Congress which consists of _________ and the ______________ has the power to make federal ______________.
The House of Representatives and the Senate Laws
300
George Mason, “Father of the Bill of Rights,” and other Anti-Federalist patriots refused to support and encourage ratification of the new Constitution until James Madison guaranteed to attach a Bill of Rights. This group of Anti-Federalist patriots realized that describing basic rights and freedoms would be crucial to safeguarding the American way of life. Name one of these Anti-Federalist patriots.
Patrick Henry, John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Edmund Randolph.
300

What was the act that provided rules for governing the Northwest Territory and paved the way for states joining the Union?

Northwest Ordinance 

300
Passing laws to aid a religious institution Requiring individuals to attend religious services Punishing individuals for their religious beliefs Levying taxes to support religious institutions Which amendment prohibits federal and state government from carrying our these actions?
The first amendment
400
Several States refused to ratify the Constitution until a ___________ was added.
Bill of Rights.
400
Executive Department: The ______________ is the chief executive and highest elected official in the United States. He must born in the United States, be at least 35 years old and a US resident for at least 14 years.
President
400
Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
Francis Scott Key
400
  • How did the Articles of Confederation ensure that state governments would have more power over the national government?

9 of 13 states had to agree

400
This amendment guarantees DUE PROCESS OF LAW, it also protects the accused from being coerced to testify against himself. This is the ________ th Amendment.
5th
500

We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitituion for the Unites States of America.

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Preamble

500
Congress consists of 535 members. _____ members of the House of Representatives and ______ members of the Senate.
435 In the House 100 in the Senate
500
Patriots can sing our national anthem. Can you?
Oh, say! can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming; Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there: Oh, say! does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
500

Why is the 8th Amendment important to our society?

The punishment will not be too large for the crime committed. 

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The 1st amendment guarantees 5 freedoms. Name them.
What is Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly and Petition?
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