Articles of Confederation
This was the first government of the United States.
What was the Articles of Confederation?
What is the 3/5th compromise?
What is the legislative branch?
This is the political party that supported the creation of the bill of rights?
What was Democratic Republicans?
This English King lost the English civil war.
Who was Charles 1st?
This was who wrote the first draft of the articles.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
This part of the legislative branch has proportional representation.
What is the House of Representatives?
This is what Article 2 establishes.
What was the Executive branch?
This amendment provided citizens the right to be secure in their persons and protection from unreasonable searches and seizures.
What was the 4th amendment?
This theory states that the government was created through a supernatural being and that said supernatural being has given all power to one individual who rules with their favor.
What is the divine rights of kings?
This was the rebellion that ended the Articles of Confederation.
What was Shay's Rebellion?
This part of the legislative branch has equal representation.
What is the senate?
This is what Article 3 establishes.
What is the judicial branch?
This amendment states that you cannot receive cruel or unusual punishments?
What is the 8th amendment?
These are the three issues with political parties that the founders warned us about.
What are uninformed voters, tribal hatred, and an inability to compromise?
This was who the government appointed to capture Shay?
Who was George Washington?
This branch of the United States Government enforces laws and handles disputes.
What is the Executive Branch?
This is what Article 4 establishes.
What is how new states join the Union?
This amendment establishes that all power not vested in the federal government goes to the state or the people.
What was the tenth amendment?
This is what George Washington warned us against in his farewell address.
What was to avoid political parties, foreign entanglements, and to protect our liberty?
Daily Double:
These are the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
What are:
They are not able to collect taxes.
They can not raise an army.
They can not have a navy.
In order to create legislation, all 13 states must agree.
The government cannot stop states from fighting amongst themselves.
The government cannot make its own currency.
This is the head of the Judicial branch.
Who are the Supreme Court?
This is what Article 5 establishes.
How to make amendments?
This amendment states that you must receive just compensation if the state takes your property.
What was the fifth amendment?
These are the four criteria of statehood.
What are population, territory, sovereignty, and government?