Bill of Rights
How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights, as ratified in 1791.
What is 10
A group of citizens who decide on a court case
What is a jury
The Bill of Rights was added after the Constitution was ratified.
What is false.
Who lived largely in urban (city) areas and were business men?
Federalists
The Bill of Rights was wanted by
Who is the Federalists
List 3 rights guaranteed under the First Amendment?
What is speech, assembly, petition, press, religion?
Amount of states needed to approve the Bill of Rights.
What is 9/13?
Business men favored strong national banks controlled by the government.
What is true?
Hamilton, Madison and Jay defended their views in these pamphlets/papers.
What are the Federalist Papers.
Patrick Henry, George Mason, Thomas Jefferson were in this group.
What is the Anti-Federalists.
What is individual/states?
The total amendments (changes) that have been made to the Constitution over its history.
Define the word oppose.
What is to go or vote against?
The area in which most Anti Federalists lived in
Rural or Farms
What is the Anti-Federalists?
The Bill of Rights was inspired by this country's similar document established in 1689.
What is Enlgand
This was the Virginia document that was used in writing the Bill of Rights.
What is the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
Define the word(s) amend (v)/ amendment(n).
What is to make a change (v)?
What is something added to make an improvement or change?
Argued that the Constitution gave too much power to the federal government and lacked sufficient protections for individual liberties.
What are the Anti-Federalist.
This group favored big businesses and banks.
What is the Federalist Party?
Who is James Madison?
This was the person who authored the Declaration of Rights that were used in writing The Bill of Rights.
Who is George Mason?
Define the word constitution.
What is a set of laws of principles?
Argued that a strong central government was necessary to address the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and ensure the stability and prosperity of the nation.
What are the Federalists?
The year the Bill of Rights was ratified.
What was 1791?