The Making of America
This was the first government of the United States.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This person is the figurehead of the Executive Branch
What is The President
This is the name of the introduction to the Constitution.
What is the Preamble?
This level of government is closest to the people
What is local government?
This is the number of senators each state has.
What are two?
This was a major weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
What is a weak national government?
This bicameral branch of the government creates laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
This is the name for the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This level of government is responsible for establishing public schools and setting many education policies.
What is the state government?
This is the total number of U.S. senators.
What is 100?
This group supported ratification of the Constitution.
Who were the Federalists?
This branch of government enforces the laws of the United States
What is the Executive Branch?
These are rights people are born with, such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
What are natural rights?
These are powers granted to the federal government by the Constitution.
What are enumerated powers?
This is the length of a U.S. senator's term.
What are six years?
This group opposed the Constitution because it feared a strong central government.
Who were the Anti-Federalists?
This branch of government interprets laws.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This is the process of changing or adding to the Constitution.
What is amending the Constitution?
These are powers reserved to the states or the people.
What are reserved powers?
This is the length of a member of the House of Representatives' term.
What are two years?
This weakness of the Articles of Confederation made it difficult for the national government to pay its debts.
Correct response: What is the inability to tax citizens directly?
These three articles of the Constitution describe the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, respectively.
What are Articles I, II, and III?
This fraction of the states must ratify a constitutional amendment.
What are three-fourths of the states?
This clause establishes that the Constitution and valid federal laws are supreme over conflicting state laws.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
This is the number of voting members in the House of Representatives.
What is 435?