Vocabulary
Famous People
The Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches
The Amendments and the Constitution
The Great Compromise
100
to cancel; this happened to some of the amendments.
What is to repeal?
100
The "father of the Constitution"
Who is James Madison?
100
A system which allows the branches of government to check each other to make sure no groups are powerful than others.
What is checks and balances?
100
The first ten amendments in the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
100
The two plans that came to an agreement in order to form the Great Compromise
What are the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?
200
A situation where two sides where each gives up a little of what they want in order to come to an agreement.
What is a compromise?
200
He led an uprising of about 1,000 farmers in the Shay's Rebellion
Who is Daniel Shays?
200
The branch which involves a system of courts
What is the judicial branch?
200
This amendment promises the freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition
What is the First Amendment?
200
The man who introduced the New Jersey Plan
Who is James Madison?
300
To approve
What is ratify?
300
He was voted president of the Constitutional Convention
Who is George Washington?
300
The branch that is in charge of creating laws and includes the Senate and the House of Representatives
What is the legislative branch?
300
The amendment in charge of search and seizure
What is the fourth amendment?
300
The idea that the small states were in favor of
What is equal representation?
400
This man wrote the Preamble
Who is Gouverneur Morris?
400
The branch that includes the president
What is the executive branch?
400
This is the introduction to the Constitution
What is the preamble?
400
The idea solving the Great Compromise
What is a two-house Congress?
500
The person who runs the government
What is an executive?
500
Published a series of 85 newspaper essays in support of the Constitution
Who are Alexander Hamilton and John Jay?
500
This is the plan that called for the government to have three branches.
What is the Virginia Plan?
500
The amendment that involves the quartering of troops
What is the third amendment?
500
THe two houses in Congress
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?
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