Bill of Rights
Federal Gov.
Amendments
TN People
Review
100
What are the first 10 amendements called?
What is the Bill of Rights?
100
What are the branches of government?
What is the federal, executive, and judicial branches?
100
What protects your freedom of speech?
What is the 1st amendment?
100
First and only Governor of the state of Franklin
What is John Sevier?
100
What is the TN legislative branch called?
What is the Tennessee General Assembly?
200
What does the Bill of Rights do?
Protects the rights of the people
200
Who carries out the laws?
What is the executive branch?
200
What ensures your right to a speedy trial?
What is the sixth amendment?
200
Created the Cherokee writing system
What is Sequoyah?
200
a league of friendship between the states
What is Articles of Confederation?
300
How many states were needed to ratify the Bill of Rights?
What is nine?
300
Who ensures that the laws are Constitutional?
What is the Judicial Branch?
300
What protects you from extreme punishment?
What is eighth amendment?
300
First and only president of the Republic of Texas
What is Sam Houston?
300
The Compromise between the large and small states on representation
What is the three-fifths compromise?
400
How many states voted for the Bill of Rights?
What is all of them?
400
What branch prints the money?
What is the legislative branch?
400
What protects you from having to speak against yourself?
What is the fifth amendment?
400
Signed the Indian Removal Act
What is Andrew Jackson?
400
An uprising of farmers in Massachusetts?
What is Shay's Rebellion?
500
Why did the colonists feel that the Bill of Rights was necessary?
Their rights had been violated by the British. They were afraid that the new government would violate their rights.
500
How is it ensured that no branch of government will be too powerful?
What is checks and balances?
500
What allows you to petition the government to fix problems?
What is 1st amendment?
500
added New Mexico and California to the union
What is James K. Polk?
500
Places a tariff on paper, wool, tea, and other goods that the colonies imported from Britain.
What are the Townshend Act?
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