The Convention
Three Branches
The Bill of Rights
A Democracy
People
100
It was the city in which the convention took place.
What is Philadelphia?
100
The branch where the president resides.
What is executive?
100
This numbered amendment guarantees Americans can keep weapons.
What is the second?
100
The term we use that means keeping any one branch or part of our government from becoming too powerful.
What is checks and balances?
100
He served as president of the Constitutional Convention and was our country's first president.
Who was George Washington?
200
An agreement in which each side gives up some of what it wants.
What is compromise?
200
The lawmaking branch.
What is legislative?
200
Sending a letter to a government representative is protected by this numbered amendment.
What is the first?
200
Under popular sovereignty, the government gets its power from this.
What is the people?
200
His rebellion helped convince Americans of the need for a strong central government.
Who is Daniel Shays?
300
The system in which the national and state governments share power.
What is a federal system?
300
The term used when the president rejects bills passed by Congress.
What is veto?
300
The total number of amendments in the Bill of Rights.
What is 10?
300
Women were given suffrage, or this, in 1920 when the 19th amendment was added to our Constitution.
What is the right to vote?
300
He is considered the "Father of our Constitution".
Who is James Madison?
400
This plan called for one house in Congress in which each state was equally represented.
What is The New Jersey Plan?
400
This was most likely written to state the reasons for creating our government.
What is the Preamble?
400
These amendments all deal with rights people have when they commit a crime.
What are the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th?
400
One of the shared powers of the state and national governments.
What is collecting taxes, setting up court systems, borrowing money, establishing banks, or public health laws.
400
He wrote the Preamble to our Constitution.
Who was Gouverneur Morris?
500
It was the issue settled by the three-fifths compromise.
What is counting slaves and representation in Congress?
500
The meaning of the phrase, "ensure domestic tranquility" in the Preamble.
What is keep peace in our country?
500
The third amendment protects us against this.
What is quartering soldiers?
500
The process by which immigrants to the United States can become legal citizens.
What is naturalization?
500
They were the group who feared the national government would have too much power and called for a Bill of Rights to be added to our Constitution.
Who were Anti-Federalists?
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