Founding Facts
This group of men helped write the Constitution in 1787 and are called the ______________.
Founding Fathers
The Constitution starts with an introduction called the ______________.
Preamble
The branch that makes rules (laws) for the whole country is called the ______________ branch.
Legislative Branch
The introduction of the Constitution = ______________.
Preamble
The Constitution was written in this city in Pennsylvania in 1787: ______________.
Philadelphia
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called the ______________ of Rights.
Bill
The president leads the ______________ branch.
Executive
Formal approval process for the Constitution = ______________.
Ratification
The meeting where the Constitution was written is called the Constitutional ______________.
Convention
What does it mean to ratify the Constitution? (one-sentence answer)
Ratify means to formally approve (agree to) the Constitution.
Name the two houses of Congress created by the Great ____________ (fill in the blank).
Great Compromise (or Great Connecticut Compromise) — Senate and House of Representatives
Judicial branch
Name one reason people wanted to change the Articles of Confederation and make a new Constitution (short answer).
Example answers: central government was too weak; needed a stronger national government for trade and defense.
Write one thing the Constitution does for the country (short answer).
Example: It creates rules for how the country is run; it sets up government and protects rights.
What is federalism?
Federalism is the sharing of power between national and state governments.
Writers of the Constitution = ______________.
Founding Fathers
Explain what a compromise is and give one simple example related to making rules (short answer).
Compromise — an agreement where each side gives up something; example: creating two houses in Congress so both big and small states agreed.
Describe how the Constitution helps people by giving an example of a right or rule it protects (short answer).
Example: Freedom of speech; protects people’s rights; or establishes how laws are made.
Name two powers that only the federal government has
Examples: printing/creating money; declaring war; making treaties; maintaining the military.
Fill in the blank from the word bank
Branches
Bill