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Issues at Convention
Early Government
100
These two groups couldn't agree on the ratification of the Constitution...
Federalists and Anti-federalists
100
Famous first three words of the Constitution...
WE THE PEOPLE
100
First ENGLISH settlement in the present-day United States...
Jamestown, VA
100
The MAIN agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention...
Great Compromise
100
How many states were required to ratify the Constitution before it went into effect?
9 of 13
200
Name one Federalist..
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, John Adams etc.
200
Name the three branches of government under the Constitution.
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
200
Who is known as the Father of the Constitution?
James Madison
200
This compromise decided how to account for the representation of slaves in the United States...
Three-fifths Compromise
200
Name two famous Founding Fathers that were not at the Constitutional Convention...
Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, John Hancock
300
Name one Anti-federalist...
Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, George Mason etc.
300
Our Founding Fathers made sure there was a separation of _________.
Powers
300
What does the term "ratification" mean?
To give approval to
300
Is our Constitution the shortest in the world? Yes or No...
Yes-it is the shortest
300
What town did the Constitutional Convention take place during the middle of Summer?
Philadelphia, PA
400
The first person elected President under the Constitution...
George Washington
400
What is the opening paragraph of the Constitution known as?
Preamble
400
What were the essays written that supported the ratification of the Constitution?
Federalist Papers
400
Main issue at the convention was...
How to have each state represented in the government...
400
What was the convention known as where the Articles of Confederation were thrown out; the Founding Fathers decided to start over...
Constitutional Convention
500
Who wrote the Federalist Papers?
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
500
This part allows the Constitution to change and adapt...
Amendments
500
What rebellion caused everyone to realize the need for a stronger central government?
Shays' Rebellion
500
True or False... The Founding Fathers believed slavery was on its way to extinction by the early 1800s, so they didn't do a lot regarding the issue...
True
500
What document governed our nation from 1781-1787?
Articles of Confederation
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