Vocabulary
What are the 3 branches of government?
What is Legislative, Executive, and Judicial.
Who wrote the Bill of Rights?
Who is James Madison.
Protects the right to keep and bear arms.
What is The Second Amendment.
When was the Declaration of Independence signed.
When is July 4th, 1776.
Who was the first president?
Who is George Washington.
Taxes on imported goods.
What is Tariffs.
When was the Bill of Rights ratified.
What is December 15, 1791.
Provides several rights protections: to express ideas through speech and the press, to assemble or gather with a group to protest or for other reasons, and to ask the government to fix problems. It also protects the right to religious beliefs and practices. It prevents the government from creating or favoring a religion.
What is The First Amendment.
The Northwest ordinance was a slave-free territory, what year did this start
When is 1787.
Who is the father of the Bill of Rights.
Who is James Madison.
1787, a document that included a central government divided into three branches (president, Senate, House of Representatives, and Supreme Court) and controlled by checks and balances. The Bill of Rights was ten amendments to the new constitution that guaranteed rights of freedom to citizens; and made a national gov't that controlled taxes, army, trade, and currency.
What is United States Constiution.
Who was the youngest person to sign the document? (Bonus point, what age?)
Who is Jonathan Dayton, age 26
States that listing specific rights in the Constitution does not mean that people do not have other rights that have not been spelled out.
What is The Ninth Amendment.
When did George Washington become president?
When is April 30th, 1789.
The Northwest Ordinance consists of which 5 states?
Where are Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin.
Those opposed the constitution because they feared the power of the national government in the new federal system.
What is Anti-federalists.
How many amendments were there originally?
What is 12.
Says that the Federal Government only has those powers delegated in the Constitution. If it isn’t listed, it belongs to the states or the people.
What is The Tenth Amendment.
When did South Carolina adopt the Bill of Rights.
When is January 19, 1790.
How many words does the US Constitution have?
What is 4,400.
Meeting in 1787 of the elected representatives of the thirteen original states to write the Constitution of the United States.
What is Constitutional Convention.
Where was the Bill of Rights drafted?
What is New York, Federal Hall.
Bars the government from unreasonable search and seizure of an individual or their private property.
What is The Fourth Amendment.
What year did the Articles of Confederation fall.
When is 1789.
Which 2 presidents didn't sign the Constitution.
Who is Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.