Creation of the Constitution
Constitution Vocab
Branches of Government
Amendments
Amendment Scenarios
100
First government of the US
What is the Articles of Confederation?
100
supporters of the Constitution
What are Federalists?
100
How many branches of government?
What is 3?
100
Federalism
What is 10?
100
Police suspect students at a local middle school of possessing drugs and illegal firearms. They target a few students and charge into their house one night and take their backpacks and personal belongings to search. What amendment applies?
What is 4?
200
How many Representatives each state gets is based on this.
What is population?
200
All three branches have equal power
What is checks and balances?
200
Senate has how many per state
What is 2?
200
protects rights not mentioned in the Constitution
What is 9?
200
Malcolm doesn't like the food in the cafeteria, so he writes an article about it in the school newspaper about how it tastes and the low nutrition it has. The principle suspends him for writing the article. Which amendment applies?
What is 1?
300
Three requirements to vote in 1787.
What is white, male, and own property?
300
Law making branch of government
What is legislative branch?
300
first ten amendments of the Constitution?
What is the Bill of Rights?
300
Fair and speedy trial.
What is 6?
300
Shirley and her friends set up a lemonade stand to sell drinks to the local community. To make it legal, they checked the Constitution, but find no laws about starting a business.
What is 10?
400
5 slaves equals 3 free votes in the population
What is the 3/5 compromise?
400
President heads this branch of government
What is the executive branch?
400
Senate and Congress make up this
What is Congress?
400
right to a jury trial
What is 7?
400
Calvin is accused of stealing a textbook from a classroom and is given 10 years in jail.
What is 8?
500
The document that allows you to make changes that replaced the Articles of Confederation?
What is the Constitution?
500
Supreme Court heads this branch of government
What is the judicial branch?
500
The date the Constitution was ratified?
What is Sept 17, 1787?
500
The right not to incriminate yourself
What is 5?
500
Cameron witnesses two people robbing a 711. When the polices show up to school asking if anyone saw anything, Cameron thinks that he will go to jail to if he does not talk to them.
What is 5?
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