The Constitutional Convention
The Three Branches of Government
The Bill of Rights
The Amendments
The New Government
100
In May of 1787, 55 delegates from 12 states met at the Pennsylvania State House to begin discussions about how to improve the Articles of Confederation became known as this
What is The Constitutional Convention?
100
Governor Morris was chosen to write the final version of this, that begins with "We the People of the United States..."
What is the Preamble of the Constitution?
100
According to Article VII, this number out of 13 states had to ratify, or approve, the Constitution
What is 9?
100
This amendment protects freedom of religion, speech, press, petition, and assemble
What is the First Amendment?
100
In 1789, these men were the first President and Vice-President
Who are George Washington and John Adams?
200
This state did not want the Articles of Confederation to be changed and did not send representatives to the Constitutional Convention
What is Rhode Island?
200
This document was written to protect individual liberty and other personal freedoms and promised justice and peace
What is the Constitution?
200
Those citizens in favor of the Constitution were called this
What are the Federalists?
200
This amendment protects the people's right to keep and bear arms.
What is the Second Amendment?
200
Working with Congress, Washington set up a State Department, a Treasury Department, and a War Department where the members advise the President is called this
What is the Cabinet?
300
These two states plans proposed two different plans about how each state would be represented in the new Congress; The plans debated whether to base represention on a state's population or have the same number of representatives from each state
What are Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan?
300
Article I of the Constitution explains that this lawmaking branch of government gives power to Congress to make laws about managing conflict, raising an army or a navy, declaring war, and coining and printing money
What is the legislative branch?
300
Those who disagreed with the Constitution were called this
What are Anti-Federalists?
300
These amendments deal with due process of law which means that people have the right to a fair trial, have the right to a lawyer, and the right that they do not have to speak against themselves.
What are the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Amendments?
300
The arguments of people who wanted less central government and of people who wanted more central government led to the rise of these
What are polital parties?
400
Realizing that each side needed to compromise in order to come to an agreement, this plan was based on a two-house Congress; In one house, representation woul dbe based on the population of each state and in the other house each state would be equally represented
What is the Connecticut Compromise (also known as The Great Compromise)?
400
In Article II of the Constitution says that this branch of government has the power to enforce laws
What is the Executive Branch?
400
In 1791, these amendments became a part of the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
400
This amendment says that people have other rights not listed in the Constitution
What is the Ninth Amendment?
400
On March 4, 1797, this person became the 2nd President of the United States
Who is John Adams?
500
This compromise discussed whether or not to count enslaved people when figuring out representation
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
500
According to Article III, this branch must decide whether laws are working fairly
What is the Judicial Branch?
500
This is the reason why the Bill of Rights is important
What is to protect the rights of people in the minority so that the majority cannot take those rights away?
500
This amendment says that the government can only do the things listed in the Constitution, meaning that all other authority, called reserved powers, belongs to the states or to the people
What is the Tenth Amendment?
500
In the election for President in 1796, these are the two political parties led by Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson
What are the Federalist Party and the Jeffersonian Republic?
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