Before the Constitution
True or False: The Constitution has been active since the American Revolutionary War.
What is false?
The name of the group that was in favor of ratifying the Constitution without any changes.
Who are the Federalists?
The name of the branch of government that makes the laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
The amendment that protects citizens' right to freedom of speech, press, assembly, petition and religion.
What is the first amendment?
The name of the system that makes sure that no single branch of government has too much power.
What is Checks & Balances?
The name of the document that created the first government of the United States.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
The name of the group that insisted on adding a Bill of Rights to the Constitution in order to ratify it.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
The name of the branch that enforces the laws of the country.
What is the Executive Branch?
The amendment that protects citizens' right to no unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the fourth amendment?
The article of the Constitution that created the Legislative Branch.
What is Article I?
The level of government that had more power under the Articles of Confederation.
What is the state government?
The name of the compromise that divided Congress into the Senate and the House of Representatives.
What is the Great Compromise/ the Connecticut Compromise?
The name of the branch of government that determines if a law is unconstitutional.
What is the Judicial Branch?
The amendment that protects citizens' right to not house soldiers against their will.
What is the third amendment?
One of the powers given to the Executive Branch to check the power of the other branches.
What is veto legislation or nominate judges?
A weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
What is no president, no national currency, no army (accept other correct answers)?
The name of the compromise that determined how enslaved people would be counted for representation purposes.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
The name of the highest court in the Judicial Branch.
What is the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS)?
The amendment that protects citizens' rights to due process of law, prevents self-incrimination, and prohibits standing trial for the same crime more than once.
What is the fifth amendment?
One of the powers given to the Judicial Branch to check the power of the other branches.
What is rule laws unconstitutional or rule presidential acts unconstitutional?
A strength or achievement of the Articles of Confederation.
What is Formed the first government of the United States of America, Created a government that would unify the states through the American War for Independence, Reflected the colonists fears of a strong central government, Negotiated the Treaty of Paris (1783)? (accept other correct answers)
The name of the compromise that determined how the president would be elected.
What is the Electoral College/Presidential Compromise?
The meaning of bicameral legislature.
What is two houses in Congress?
The amendment that states that there is to be no cruel and unusual punishment in the United States.
What is the eighth amendment?
One of the powers given to the Legislative Branch to check the power of the other branches.
What is override a presidential veto or impeach the president or approve presidential nominations or impeach judges?