Summer of 1787
Delegates arrived from 12 of the 13 states, define the word "delegate"
A representative sent to speak for others.
How many Amendments make up the Bill of Rights
What is 10
What is the name of the Poem, written while Fort McHenry was being bombed, and became our national anthem?
The Start Spangled Banner.
What is judicial.
What are taxes.s
The Constitutional Convention met in secrecy for 4 months in this U.S City
What is Philadelphia.
The 19th amendment granted women suffrage, what does the word "suffrage" mean?s
What is the right to vote
What Poem was put to music by the writers brother and is known as the "Black National Anthem"
What Lift Every Voice and Sing.
What amendment overturned the 18th Amendment?
What is the 21st Amendment.
Who did the Anti-Federalist disagree with?
Who is the Federalist.
What is the 3/5 compromise.
This amendment made alcohol illegal, and this one reversed that decision.
What is the 18th , and then the 21st.
Freebie- you win!
What is - Thank you Mr. Sadler
What day do we go back to Science class?
What is Monday.
What are the 2 main political parties in the United States today?
What is Democrat and Republican.
True of False. The delegates that attended the convention, were white, males, and many of them owned slaves.
What is true.
What is the total number of amendments to the US Constitution currently?
What is 27.
What year was Lift Every Voice and Sing Performed to celebrate Abraham Lincolns Birthday?
What is 1900.
What is the name of the Supreme Court Case that decided "separate but equal" was ALLOWED (legal) under the US Constitution?
What is Plessy vs Ferguson.
Which party wants to increase military spending, and wants less taxes for a smaller national government?
Who are the Republicans.
Which was the first state to ratify (approve ) of the Constitution and became the "First State " of the United States of America?
What is Delaware. ( Pennsylvania, and New Jersey were soon after)
What is the Fifth Amendment?
The right not to incriminate yourself.
In 1991 for the Super Bowl, which artist performed the national anthem ( we watched the video in class)
Who is Whitney Houston.
What year did " Brown vs The Board of Education" reverse the ruling on "separate but equal" and ordered that schools were desegregated?
What is 1954.
What was the document that was replaced by the US Constitution?
What is the Articles of Confederation.