The purpose of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was to fix this document.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
100
This branch is responsible for enforcing laws.
What is the executive branch?
100
This amendment protects the freedom of speech.
What is the first amendment?
100
This is what they call preventing any one branch from controlling the government.
What is checks and balances?
100
This branch makes all national laws.
What is the Legislative Branch
200
The weaknesses of the national government to defend itself was highlighted by this event.
What is Shay's Rebelliion?
200
This branch has the pwer to veto bills.
What is the executive branch?
200
These five rights are guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
What is freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom to assemble, and the right to petition?
200
This is how people take part in our American constitutional government?
What is voting, campaigning, and other civic acts?
200
This word means reject. Hint: this is what the president can do to bills that representatives in Congress pass.
What is veto?
300
I wrote the preamble to the constitution.
Who is Gouverneur Morris?
300
This branch has the power to impeach the President.
What is the legislative branch?
300
This word means to approve
What is ratify?
300
This is the process where immigrants to the United States can become legal citizens.
What is naturalization?
300
This is the place where the Constitutional Convention was held
What is Pennsylvania State House or Independence Hall in Philadelphia?
400
It means that the United states has a form of government in which the people elect representatives to govern the country
What is republic
400
This branch has the power to approve the appointmnets of Supreme Court justices.
What is the Legislative Branch?
400
This is why many delegates insisted on adding ten amendments to the Constitution soon after it was ratified.
What is to protect the basic rights of the people?
400
This is what obeying laws, serving on juries, paying taxes, registering for the selective services called.
What is civic virtue?
400
This is the process of adding changes to the Constitution.
What is amendments?
500
This said that Congress would have two houses, with one house having equal representation from each state and the other having representation based on each state's populaton. Both houses could propose bills, bt only the house in whicdh representations was based on population could propose tax bills.
What is the Great Compromise?
500
These two levels have to share the power to govern under the federal system.
What is the national and the state governments?
500
This is why some Anti-Federalists changed their minds about ratifying the Constitution.
What is they were promised the Bill of Rights?
500
Use the term checks and balances to explain how one of the branches checks another branch.
Answer will vary.
500
This is the idea that governments get their power from the people is called.