Articles of Confederation
Convention Leaders
Constitutional Compromises
Ratification
Bill of Rights
100

What was the first national government after Independence?

The Articles of Confederation

100

Who was the Chairman at the Constitutional Convention?

George Washington

100

What shares power with the national government?

The states

100

Who supported the proposed Constitution?

Federalists

100

Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?

Thomas Jefferson.

200

Who could enforce the laws under the Articles of Confederation?

No one!

  [It had no president or single leader.]

200

Who was called “Father of the Constitution?"

James Madison

200

Each state gets how many votes in the U.S. Senate?  

Two

200

Which side wanted a strong national government?

Federalists

200

Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?

George Mason

300

Who had the only power to tax under the Articles of Confederation?

The STATES

300

What did Madison’s Virginia Plan propose?

A federal government with three equal branches

300

Name the THREE branches of the national government.

Legislative, Executive, Judicial

300

Who opposed the proposed Constitution?

Anti-Federalists

300

Who wrote the Bill of Rights?

James Madison

400

Who had the only power to decide legal cases under the Articles of Confederation?

The states (there were no national judges).

400

Who wrote much of the Bill of Rights?

James Madison (the same guy who wrote the Virginia Plan!)

400

What law is the “supreme law of the land”

Federal law or Constitution

400

Why did Anti-federalists oppose the proposed Constitution?

The national government it was too strong.

400

Which Amendment guarantees that no search be conducted without a warrant?

Fourth Amendment.

500

What’s a “confederation”?

An agreement to work together.

500

Where did the Constitutional Convention meet?

Philadelphia

500

What was the Three- Fifths Compromise?

Slaves were counted as 3/5 of a person to calculate population.

500

What change did Anti-federalists want added to the proposed Constitution?

A Bill of Rights

500

Freedom of religion, speech, and the press are protected by which Amendment?

First!

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