This was a key problem with the Articles of Confederation.
What is a weak national government?
100
Both sides of the Constitutional Convention settled their disagreement about the new plans for national government, and that agreement became known as this.
What is the Great Compromise?
100
This word means a change to the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights is the first 10 of these.
What is an amendment?
100
This amendment protects a person who is found not guilty in his first trial and then found guilty in the second trial.
What is the 5th Amendment, prohibiting double jeopardy?
100
This document described the first government of the United States of America.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
200
The Articles of Confederation did not allow the U.S. government collect these from the citizens and so Congress could not pay their debts.
What are taxes?
200
The U.S. Constitution describes these three branches of the U.S. government.
What are the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of government?
200
The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution because the writers believed in this.
What is “fairness for all U.S. citizens”?
200
This amendment protects newspapers from publishing things that the government does not want published.
What is the 1st Amendment, freedom of the press?
200
This meeting included delegates from most of the United States and they worked on a document that created a stronger government.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
300
This group of people did not like a strong national government.
What are the Anti-Federalists?
300
This system keeps any one branch of the government from becoming too powerful.
What is the system of checks and balances?
300
The Bill of Rights is compared to this because it protects the citizens from the government.
What is a shield?
300
This amendment prevents a judge from giving someone a harsh sentence for a minor crime.
What is the 8th Amendment, no cruel and unusual punishment?
300
This document created a strong national government and still exists today.
What is the United States Constitution?
400
The head of this branch can “check” the power of the legislative branch by vetoing any bill.
What is the Executive Branch?
400
The Bill of Rights protects the rights and these of the American citizens, such as freedom of religion and freedom of speech.
What are liberties?
400
This amendment prohibits police to enter a citizen’s house without permission to search for evidence to solve a crime.
What is the 4th Amendment, no search without warrant or probable cause?
400
These are the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
500
Alexander Hamilton said that the U.S. needed a strong federal government or this may happen.
What is “the states might break into separate countries”?
500
This branch has the power to determine whether a law is unconstitutional.
What is the Judicial Branch?
500
This is how many amendments are included in the Bill of Rights.
What is 10?
500
This amendment provides a lawyer for someone who cannot defend themselves in court.
What is the 6th Amendment, or right to counsel?
500
These three men were key figures in the Constitutional Convention.
Who are George Washington, James Madison, and Gouverneur Morris?