Amendment
What is one thing the first amendment includes
ex: What is Freedom of Speech
How many articles does the constitution have?
What is 7 articles
List one weakness of the Articles of Confederation
Ex: What is cannot collect taxes
What year was the A.O.C written?
What is 1777
Define Ratify?
What is to vote approval of
what is the 19th amendment
What is gives women the Right to vote.
What is one the the preamble states?
Ex: What is to form a more perfect union
How many votes did a state have in congress according to the A.O.C.?
What is 1 vote
When was the Constitution ratified?
Who wrote the Constitution?
Thomas Jefferson
Whats the 26th amendment
What is lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
Where was the constitution ratified?
What is Independence Hall in Philadelphia
How many states approved the Articles of Confederation?
When was the the A.O.C. ratified?
How many states is it required to ratify the constitution?
What is 9 out of 13
What is the 23rd amendment?
What is Allows citizens living in Washington, D.C. to vote for President and Vice President
How many states voted yes to approve the constitution?
What is 9 out of 13 states
What resulted because of the A.O.C.
What is Shay's Rebellion.
When was the constitution written?
what is September 17, 1787
When was the bill of rights added to the constitution?
What is 1791
List the first 5 amendments in the bill of rights
What is
Amendment 1: Freedom of religion, Freedom of speech, Freedom of the Press, Freedom of assembly, and Freedom to petition.
Amendment 2: A right to bare arms
Amendment 3: Soldiers may not stay in owners’ homes, when there is no war, without the permission of the owner.
Amendment 4: protects against unreasonable searches and seizures
Amendment 5: Protect themselves from incrimination, double jeopardy, and due process
Finish this sentence:
We the People................
What is We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
What are 3 weaknesses of the A.O.C?
Ex: What is can't collect tax, one vote per state, no executive or Judicial branches, Cannot regulate trade, No common currency, and more.
When was the last 2 amendments added?
What is:
amendment 26 - 1971
amendment 27 - 1991
Say the whole Pledge of Allegiance.
What is "I pledge Allegiance to the flag
of the United States of America
and to the Republic for which it stands,
one nation under God, indivisible,
with Liberty and Justice for all."