Constitution Basics
These three divisions of government were established in the U.S. Constitution.
What are the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches?
This important event officially places a newly elected President into office.
Answer: What is the inauguration?
This Native American woman helped Lewis and Clark by serving as their interpreter and guide.
Answer: Who is Sacagawea?
The first capital city of the United States before it was moved to Washington, D.C.
Answer: What is New York?
This group supported the new Constitution during the debates.
Answer: Who were the Federalists?
This title is given to a formal addition or change made to the Constitution.
Answer: What is an amendment?
The United States bought a massive territory from France. This purchase cost $15 million.
Answer: What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This route through the Appalachian Mountains was used by Daniel Boone to lead settlers westward.
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Answer: What is the Cumberland Gap?
What name was given to the Presidents advisors?
The Cabinet.
Name given to those who favored the new Constitution.
Federalist
These people strongly opposed the creation of the new Constitution.
Who were the Anti-Federalists?
The two houses of the U.S. Legislative Branch.
Answer: What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?
This food preservative was commonly used in Daniel Boone’s time because it prevented meat from spoiling.
Answer: What is salt?
Napoleon hoped to use this American city as his base for a new empire in the west.
Answer: What is New Orleans?
This compromise created a bicameral Congress with the Senate representing states equally and the House based on population.
Answer: What is the Great Compromise?
He was the most influential delegate at the Constitutional Convention and is known as the “Father of the Constitution.”
Who is James Madison?
This plan at the Constitutional Convention supported equal votes for each state.
Answer: What is the New Jersey Plan?
After building a fort in Kentucky, Boone helped establish this early settlement.
Answer: What is Boonesborough?
The plan that suggested representation based on state population and supported a two-house legislature.
Answer: What is the Virginia Plan?
This western trail was key to American expansion and famous for pioneers and explorers.
Answer: What is the Wilderness Road?
This compromise settled the debate over how states would be represented in Congress.
What is the Great Compromise?
This major issue was solved by allowing part of the slave population to count toward representation and taxation.
Answer: What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
During Jefferson’s presidency, this was considered the most important domestic issue involving westward expansion.
Answer: What is the settlement of the West?
This territory included states such as Ohio and was the first region planned for expansion.
Answer: What is the Northwest Territory?
Which branch of the Government is lead by the President.
Executive