The Constitution
A set of fundamental rules that determine how a country or state is run.
constitution
A government in which the people elect their representatives
A Republic
The Reconstruction Amendments
The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
Name the three causes of the War of 1812
US sailors impressed by the Royal Navy,
British support of Native American resistance,
War Hawks.
First Secretary of State
Thomas Jefferson
It delineates the frame of the federal government and outlines the basic rights of the citizens.
The US Constitution
The first four executive departments created by Washington
The departments of State, Treasure, War and the Attorney General.
How many amendments have been ratified by the requisite number of states and are part of the Constitution?
27
What is the importance of the Ft. McHenry battle?
It is where Francis Scott Key wrote the US national anthem
First President of the US
George Washington
The first three words of the Constitution that affirm that the government of the United States exists to serve its citizens.
“We The People”
Year that the Constitution become the supreme law of the land.
1789
It abolished slavery
13th Amendment
Who did Jefferson send in 1804 to explore the territory gained in the Louisiana Purchase?
Lewis and Clark
First Secretary of Treasury
Alexander Hamilton
A league or alliance of states that agree to work together.
A confederation
Act that established a judiciary, or system of federal courts
Judiciary Act of 1789
The first ten amendments to the US Constitution
The Bill of Rights
Who were the War Hawks?
Aggressive young politicians who pushed for war against Britain to restore national honor.
First Secretary of War
Henry Knox
The Constitution has remained in force because its framers successfully separated and balanced governmental powers to safeguard the interests of majority rule and minority rights, of ____ and ______, and of the federal and state governments.
liberty and equality
What were the first two political parties?
The Federalists and the Democratic Republicans.
It protects the right to bear arms.
2nd Amendment
Why did the British burn Washington DC?
In revenge for the burning of government buildings in Canada
First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
John Jay