Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation gave more power to the ______.
What are states
Article 1 discusses the ________________ branch.
What is Legislative?
This is the main job of the Executive branch.
What is enforce laws?
The Supreme Court currently has this many members, but in 1789 it had this many?
What is nine and six?
This amendment gives citizens the freedom of religion.
What is the 1st Amendment?
The introduction to the Constitution is called ________________
What is Preamble?
The longest a person can serve as President is this long.
What is 8 years?
The Articles of Confederation had _______ branch(es) of government.
What is the number one?
This branch of congress has 435 members.
What is the House of Representatives?
The head of this branch of government is called the _________________.
What is the President?
The main duty of the judicial branch is this.
What is to interpret or evaluate laws?
This amendment requires officials have a search warrant.
What is the 4th Amendment?
People who were against ratifying the Constitution were called...
What are Anti Federalists?
This person is known as the Father of the Constitution
Who is James Madison?
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?
This branch of Congress has 100 members.
What is the Senate?
If the President does not agree with a law passed by congress, he has this power.
What is veto?
This is the leader of the Supreme Court?
What is the Chief Justice?
This amendment protects us from cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the 8th amendment?
There are ____ amendments in the Constitution
What is 27?
What is bond?
A certificate that promises to repay the money loaned, plus interest, on a certain date.
This riot that was unable to be stopped proved the weaknesses of Articles of Confederation.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
The number of representatives for each state is based upon this.
What is population?
This body elects the President.
What is the Electoral College?
Name one person on the Supreme Court today.
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.
U.S. senators term lasts ____ years
What is 6?
A series of essays by Federalist James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay in support of ratifying the Constitution
What are the Federalist Papers?
It defined the process by which a territory can become a state and join the Union on an equal footing with the original 13 states
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
The Great Compromise while creating The Constitution declared that there should be _______ branches and _______ houses in Congress.
What is 3 and 2?
This group is chosen by the President to run executive departments.
What is the cabinet?
This person acts as the judge in impeachment trials.
Who is the Chief Justice?
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?
This person serves as the leader of the Senate.
Who is the Vice President?
Rule by the masses
Mobocracy