Articles of Confederation
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Bill of Rights
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100
The Articles of ___________ came first
What is Confederation?
100
This Branch makes the laws
What is Legislative?
100
This is the main job of the Executive branch.
What is enforce laws?
100
The Supreme Court has this many members.
What is nine?
100
This amendment gives citizens the freedom of religion.
What is the 1st Amendment?
100
The introduction to the Constitution is called ________________
What is Preamble?
100
The longest a person can serve as President is this long.
What is 10 years?
200
The Articles of Confederation had _______ branch(es) of government.
What is the number one?
200
This branch of congress has 435 members.
What is the House of Representatives?
200
The head of this branch of government is called the _________________.
What is the President?
200
The main duty of the judicial branch is this.
What is to interpret or evaluate laws?
200
This amendment requires officials have a search warrant.
What is the 4th Amendment?
200
People who were against ratifying the Constitution (unless there was a Bill of Rights) were called...
What are antfederalists?
200
How is the power divided in the constitution?
Who is Federal and State?
300
This was a meeting of delegates in 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation, which produced the new U.S. Constitution.
What was the Constitutional Convention?
300
These 2 groups make up congress
What is a Senate and House of representatives
300
If the President does not agree with a law passed by congress, he has this power.
What is veto?
300
This is the leader of the Supreme Court?
What is the Chief Justice?
300
This amendment protects us from cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the 8th amendment?
300
There are ____ amendments in the Constitution
What is 27?
300
What do Nationalists support?
A strong national gov't?
400
This riot (in Massachusettes) that was unable to be stopped proved the weaknesses of Articles of Confederation.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
400
The number of representatives for each state is based upon this.
What is population?
400
What is a job of the president?
Legislative leader, commander in chief, chief diplomat, chief executive, chief of state...
400
What court would you go to if you were guilty and wanted to try your case again.
Court of Appeals
400
Poor Johnny has been arrested and asks for a lawyer. His request is denied. This is a violation of the ______ amendment.
What is the 6th Amendment.
400
U.S. senators term lasts ____ years
What is 6?
400
Who was elected our 1st president?
Who is George Washington?
500
What came after the A of C?
The Constistution
500
The Great Compromise while creating The Constitution declared that there should be _______ branches
What is 3?
500
This group is chosen by the President to run executive departments.
What is the cabinet?
500
This Branch will help settle impeachment trials.
Who is the Judicial Branch?
500
A neighbor is suing Mr. Man because a tree in the Mr. Man's yard fell on their roof. The neighbors want Mr. Man to pay $850 to have their roof repaired. Mr. Man asks that a jury be present to hear this case. The judge says no, since the amount of the repairs is is so small. The ____ amendment is being violated.
What is the 7th Amendment?
500
This person serves as the leader of the Senate.
Who is the Vice President?
500
What began to threaten the A of C, so the Convention knew that needed to do something?
The states started to act independently of each other and it caused chaos