Articles of Confederation
This is when the Articles of Confederation were written. (before or after the Constitution)
What is before the Constitution?
This is the second part of the Three-Fifths compromise.
What is Congress cannot make any slavery laws for 20 years?
The Preamble has laws in it. (true/false)
What is false?
This is the number of amendments in the Bill of Rights.
What is 10? FUN FACT: James Madison actually proposed 12 amendments, but only 10 were approved!
The two branches of Congress.
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?
This is what the Articles of Confederation make the central government. (i.e. weak or strong)
What is weak?
This is what the main part of the Three-Fifths compromise says.
What is three-fifths of the slave population counts toward House of Representatives representation?
This is the number of amendments in the US Constitution.
The person who wrote the Bill of Rights.
What is James Madison?
Two examples of checks and balances. (100 for each up to 200)
What are vetoes, veto vetoes, and the Supreme Court deciding a law is unconstitutional?
This is where big disputes were settled in court. (i.e. in whose court, state or federal)
What is one of the state's courts? Bonus points if you included "where the verdict might be biased".
This is where states each get two votes in Congress.
What is the Senate?
The Constitution can be amended beyond the Bill of Rights. (true/false)
What is true?
Three amendments in the Bill of Rights and what they do. (100 for each up to 300)
What are the freedoms of speech, press, religion, assembly, and protest (1), right to bear arms (2), right to say no to soldier quartering (3), protection against unreasonable search and seizure (4), Rights to not self incriminate, a jury trial, a fair trial, and no uncompensated government property taking (5), speedy trial (6), right to a civil jury (7), protection against cruel and unusual punishment (8), people have other rights than these (9), and powers not assigned to the government are for the states/people (10)?
What are Executive, Legislative, and Judicial?
Up to two problems the Articles of Confederation had (200 for each up to 400)
What is no chief executive, new laws required to be approved by 9 states, Congress cannot tax, Congress could not draft men into the Continental Army, no national court system, changes to the Articles needed all 13 states to agree, Congress could not collect debts, and Congress could not settle state disputes?
This is where each state gets proportional votes in Congress.
What is the House of Representatives?
Four groups of people NOT included under "We the People". (100 for each up to 400)
What are slaves, Native Americans, women, and poor white men?
The group of people who DID want the Bill of Rights.
What are Anti-Federalists?
The people/groups of people included in the branch with the President. (100 for 1, 200 for 2, 400 for all 3).
What are the President, Vice President, and Cabinet?
The reason why the Articles made there no chief executive.
What is because of King George?
The names of the two main compromises in the Constitutional Convention.
What are the Great and Three-Fifths compromises?
Two parts of the Preamble. (i.e. main parts either quoted or in your own words, 200 for 1, 500 for 2)
What is "We the People", "In order to form a more perfect union", "Establish Justice", "Establish domestic tranquility", "Provide for the common defense", "Promote the general welfare", and "Secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity"?
The group of people who did NOT necessarily want the Bill of Rights.
What are Federalists?
This question has two parts.
A: The number of justices in the Supreme Court.
B: The number of TOTAL representatives in the Senate.
(250 for each)
A: What is 9?
B: What is 100?