The First Government
Basics
Our Government
More About Our Gov.
Hodge Podge
100
The name of the first government of the US.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
100
He wrote the Constitution of the US.
Who was James Madison?
100
The Constitution has an introduction and it is called this.
What is the Preamble?
100
This branch interprets (figures out if they are legal or not) the laws
What is the judicial branch (courts)?
100
There are this many amendments to the Constitution.
What is 27?
200
Each state would send these to the Congress of the Confederation.
What are representatives?
200
The Constitution was adopted on this date.
What is September 17, 1787
200
The people decided to make changes to the Constitution and these are called this.
What are the amendments?
200
This branch enforces or carries out laws.
What is the executive branch?
200
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are called this.
What is The Bill of Rights?
300
Under the first government each state got this many votes.
What is one?
300
This is the definition for the Constitution.
What is "The supreme or highest law in the land"?
300
Our government has this many branches.
What is three?
300
The legislative branch has two houses named this.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
300
The number of representatives each state gets depends on this.
What is population?
400
Under the first government of the US, a very important person named this was missing.
What is a president?
400
This is how many parts there are to the Constitution.
What is Three?
400
These are the branches in our government.
What are the executive, the legislative, and the judicial branches?
400
The President is in this branch.
What is the executive branch?
400
If a change is going to be made to the Constitution this many states need to agree to the change. (tell the amount in a fraction)
What is 3/4?
500
Under the first government of the US, Congress didn't have the power to collect these.
What are taxes?
500
One of the parts of the Constitution tells how the government runs and it is called this.
What are the Articles?
500
This branch makes the laws.
What is the legislative branch (Congress)?
500
Each state has this many senators.
What is two?
500
There are this many articles in the Constitution.
What is 7?
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