He was the president of the Constitutional Convention.
Who is George Washington?
100
Congress is made up of these 2 houses.
What is the House of Representatives and the Senate?
100
This is how the number of representatives in the House of Representatives is determined.
What is state population?
200
This is the city where the Constitutional Convention was held.
What is Philadelphia?
200
This is the name for the first 10 amendments to the constitution that protects the basic rights of all Americans.
What is the Bill of Rights?
200
This man did most of the writing of the U.S. Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
200
These people are appointed to their position for a life term.
Who are Supreme Court judges?
200
This branch of government makes the laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
300
The name of America's first plan of government.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
300
This amendment guarantees the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition for all Americans.
What is the First Amendment?
300
This man was the oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention and arrived in a Chinese sedan chair.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
300
This group can override a president's veto.
What is Congress?
300
This group of people can declare war.
What is Congress?
400
This is the introduction to the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Preamble?
400
This amendment says you cannot be tried twice for the same crime, you cannot be forced to testify against yourself in a court of law and you are innocent until proven guilty.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
400
This man changed the beginning of the Preamble to "We the People of the United States".
Who is Gouverneur Morris?
400
This group of people determines if laws are unconstitutional.
What is the Supreme Court?
400
This system was put in place to keep any one branch of government from having too much power.
What is Checks and Balances?
500
These groups of people did not have input into the new plan of government.
Who are women, slaves and Native Americans?
500
This amendment says citizens and their belongings cannnot be searched or seized without proper cause.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
500
This man from Virginia did not want to change the Articles of Confederation because he did not believe in a strong national government.
Who is Patrick Henry?
500
This branch of government appoints Supreme Court judges.
What is the Executive Branch?
500
This person is the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces.