Vocab
A document that organizes government
What is the Constitution?
This is the supreme law of the land.
What is the Constitution?
This is the land that was gained in the Louisiana Purchase.
What is the Louisiana Territory?
This person was the first to take the office of President.
Who is George Washington?
This is the number of amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
What is 27?
A formal change to a law.
What is an Amendment?
This is the number of articles in the Constitution.
What is 7?
The purpose of this expedition was to explore the new Louisiana Territory.
What is the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
This person purchased the Louisiana Territory from France.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
These are groups of people with similar political beliefs.
What are political parties?
A catchy phrase meant to attract and keep attention.
What is a Slogan?
This is the second word of the Constitution.
What is "the"?
This is the important trade route gained in the Louisiana Purchase.
What is the Mississippi River?
This person was George Washington's vice president.
Who is John Adams?
This is the name of the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The ceremony that marks the beginning of the presidency.
What is Innauguration?
This body of people is tasked with officially electing the president.
What is the electoral college?
This city marks the beginning of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
What is St. Louis?
This person was the first Secretary of State under George Washington.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What is Federalists and Democratic-Republicans?
Having the right to self governing.
What is Sovereign?
This article of the Constitution sets up the Judicial Branch.
What is Article 3?
This is an act of legislation that prohibited slavery in territories above a certain latitude.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This man is often referred to as the "Father of the Constitution"?
Who is James Madison?
This is Comstock's middle name.
Michael