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100

They review the law and could declare laws "unconstitutional."

What is the Supreme Court?

100

How many Senators does each state get?

What is two?

100

What determines the amount of representatives each state gets in the House?

What is population size?

100

This amendment protects speech and religion.

What is the First Amendment?

100

This European country ruled the 13 colonies before the American Revolution.

What is Britain/England?

200

This group of people were weary of a powerful centralized government under the Constitution.

Who were the Anti-Federalists?

200

This was passed to guarantee the rights of citizens and appease the Anti-Federalists.

What is the Bill of Rights?

200

Elections for representatives in the House happen this often.

What is every two years?


200

This branch is in charge of proposing, debating, and voting on national laws.

What is the legislative branch?

200

Elections for Senators happen this often.

What is every six years?

300

This is how long a Supreme Court Justice serves for.

What is "for life?"

300

Their votes elect the President of the U.S.

What is the Electoral College?

300

They and their cabinet are in charge of running the national government.

Who is the President of the U.S.?

300

Supreme Court justices are nominated by the President, and confirmed by the ______________.

What is the Senate?

300
This was the government before the U.S. Constitution.

What was the Articles of Confederation?

400

This is a term that refers to the writers of the Constitution.

What is "framers?"
400

These are the three branches of the national government.

What is legislative, executive, and judicial?

400

This merge the Virginia and New Jersey plans under a two-chamber Congress.

What is the Great Compromise?

400

This was implemented to ensure that no one branch becomes too powerful in the national government.

What is checks and balances?

400

This is a way that the president can "check" the legislative branch.

What is a veto?

500

This kind of majority is needed in Congress to amend the Constitution.

What is a two-thirds majority?

500

The government can't arrest you without cause because of this.

What is habeas corpus?

500

This philosopher during the Enlightenment was influential with his beliefs of "natural rights."

Who was John Locke?

500

What uprising demonstrated the flaws of the Articles of Confederation?

What was Shay's Rebellion?

500

This is the military conflict that left England in debt and caused them to place taxes without representation on the colonies.

What was the French and Indian War?

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