Declaration of Independence
This Founding Father is credited with writing most of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The Articles of Confederation gave this government too much power, and it made the government ineffective.
What is a strong state government?
This compromise, created by Roger Sherman from Connecticut, is credited with saving the Constitution.
What is the Great Connecticut Compromise?
Challenge: For an extra 100 points, describe the two parts that were created because of the Compromise.
What are the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch?
This amendment include the freedom of petition, assembly, and the press.
What is the first amendment?
This section of the Declaration of Independence begins with "We hold these truths to be self evident," and states why the document was written.
What is the Preamble?
Challenge: For an extra 50 points, where else can we find a Preamble?
This word, also part of the title, means as a "loose friendship."
What is 'Confederation'?
This Clause is how even if an enslaved person fled to a free state, they could be returned to their enslaver.
What is the Fugitive Slave Clause?
These two parts make up what we call Congress.
What is the House of Representatives and the Senate?
Challenge: For an extra 50 points, state the title of the person in charge of the House of Representatives.
Which President served the longest time in office?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Challenge: For an extra 50 points, which amendment prevents presidents from serving more than 2 terms?
HINT: 2
Inspired by John Locke, Thomas Jefferson took 3 natural rights, and tweaked them into these new 3 ones.
What are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
Challenge: For an extra 50 points, what was Locke's 3 natural rights?
Under the Articles of Confederation, there was no Supreme Court. The judicial power, therefore belonged to this kind of government.
What is state government?
Due to the Founding Father's concern of who would elect the president, this controversial method became the way we vote for Presidents.
What is the Electoral College?
The President relies on this group of people for help and advice.
What is the Presidential Cabinet, or Departments.
Challenge: For an extra 50 points, name ONE Presidential Department.
Which phrase replaces the word 'slaves' or 'slavery' in the Constitution, even though the topic is in the document?
"Other persons"
Tyrant is defined as an oppressive ruler. This King was seen by the colonists as a tyrant.
Who is King George III?
Under the Articles of Confederation, there was no established form of currency. This government was therefore, printing money.
What is both, state and federal government.
This was the fraction that enslaved people were counted as.
What is 3/5ths.
In the fight to get states to ratify the Constitution, a group of men, who favored a strong central government, wrote these essays.
What are the Federalist Essays?
This amendment states that if the power is not given to Congress in the Constitution, then the power belongs to the states and the people.
What is the 10th amendment?
This topic was originally meant to be in the Constitution, but the Founding Fathers thought it would upset the Southern States.
What is slavery?
DAILY DOUBLE
The power of taxation included both the power to suggest taxes, and the power to collect it.
What is, both state and federal power.
The year that the importation of enslaved people to the United States would stop.
HINT: It was about 20 years after the Constitution was written.
What is 1808?
The Founding Fathers implemented this principle into the Constitution, to make sure that one branch never overstepped and had too much power.
What is checks and balances?
Challenge: For an extra 50 points, describe ONE way one branch checks another branch.
When writing the Constitution, what did the Founding Fathers decide to do about slavery?
They decided to push the issue until later- getting the Constitution signed was more important to them.
Challenge: For an extra 50 points, what year did the Founding Fathers say that Congress could finally pass laws about slavery?