Amendments
How many amendments are there?
What is 27?
The belief in representative government
What is republicanism?
This document was ratified on September 17, 1787.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
This man was the oldest man at the convention...
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The three branches are
What is Legislative, Executive, and Judicial?
The first 10 amendments are called this.
What is the Bill of Rights?
political and moral philosophy based on liberty, consent of the governed and equality before the law.
What is liberalism?
The 3 parts of the Constitution are
What is the Preamble, the 7 Articles and the 27 amendments?
Thought we needed a strong, central government and he fixed the nation's troubled finances...
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
The job of Congress is to...
What is make laws for our nation?
The fourth amendment states that people are protected against these.
What are unreasonable searches and seizures?
The purpose of the Constitution was described in this section.
What is the Preamble?
The process by which the Constitution can be changed
What is the amendment process?
He was the main author of the constitution and believed the federal government should control trade and protect people's rights.
Who is James Madison?
The highest court in the land
What is the Supreme Court?
The rights of the states are preserved in these two amendments
What are amendments 9 and 10?
A devotion to our country and the core democratic values in word and deed.
What is patriotism?
The time it took to write the Constitution
What is 4 months?
He was the leader of the Constitutional Convention and the first president...
Who is George Washington?
The executive branch is made up of...
Who is the president, vice-president, and cabinet members?
The 3rd amendment is based on the colonial experience with this act.
What is the Quartering Act?
Name the first three Core Democratic Values also found in the Declaration of Independence.
What are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness?
The Constitutional Convention took place to write a document to replace this existing document
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Who was called "the wisest man in America"?
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The Legislative Branch is
What is Congress (House of Represenatives and Senate)?