The Fab Five
Name the first three presidents in order.
Who are Washington, Adams, and Jefferson?
This president's Farewell address is read in the Senate every year on his birthday.
Who was George Washington?
In this compromise, an enslaved person was counted as a fraction of a person when calculating a state's population.
What is the 3/5ths compromise?
The Articles of Confederation didn't have two of the branches of government that we currently have. Name one of them.
What is either the executive branch or the judicial branch?
This president ordered the Lewis & Clark Expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The only one of the first five presidents who did not come from Virginia.
Who was John Adams?
This president signed the Alien and Sedition Acts.
Who was John Adams?
This part of the constitution was added to protect the rights of individual citizens.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The government under the Articles of Confederation only had a legislative branch of government--a Congress. This is what a legislative branch of government does.
They make laws.
His presidency was labeled the “Era of Good Feeling” and he was the last President from the Revolutionary War era.
James Monroe
This president bought the Louisiana Purchase, which nearly doubled the size of the United States territory.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This told European countries that they needed to stay out of North and South America's business.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This compromise took elements of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan to create two houses of Congress.
What is the Connecticut Compromise (or the Great Compromise)?
The Articles of Confederation was replaced by this document.
What is the Constitution?
This is what the executive branch of government generally does.
What is carry out laws or set direction for the country?
This president appointed the very first Supreme Court Justices.
Who was George Washington?
This person who later became president wrote the Bill of Rights.
Who is James Madison?
In this house of Congress, each state gets two votes.
What is the Senate?
These are two weaknesses of the government under the Articles of Confederation (answers will vary).
What are (any two)___?
No judicial branch (no way to enforce laws); No way to tax or pay its bills; No chief executive/president; the government was too weak; any changes had to be unanimous; it was hard to get anything done
What is interpret or enforce the laws?
This president warned European nations not to interfere in North and South America.
Who was James Monroe?
The plans for Washington DC were made while this man was president.
Who is George Washington?
In this house of congress each state gets a different number of votes depending on its population.
What is the House of Representatives?
The Northwest Ordinance, passed under the Articles of Confederation, outlines the process for this to happen.
What is for new states to enter the Union?
Three rights specifically guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. (answers will vary)
What are (any 3):
Speech, Religion, Press, ability to assemble, right to bear arms, freedom from cruel or unusual punishment, etc?