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100
Name 7 of the original 13 United States.
Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, New York, Virginia, North Carolina and Rhode Island.
100
What does it mean to 'ratify' the constitution?
To sign or give formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it official.
100
What are the three requirements to be President? (Name 2)
What are: a natural born citizen, 35 years old, resident for 14 years.
100
Name 2 of the 3 branches of the government?
What is are Executive, Legislative, and Judicial?
100
The Bill of Rights is:
What are the First Ten Amendments?
200
Before Washington D.C. became the Capitol to what state did it belong?
What is Maryland.
200
What was the biggest city in the United States when the Constitution was ratified?
What is Philadelphia, PA
200
Who was the first Republican President?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
How many members does the Congress have?
What is 535 (100 senators, 435 members of the House of Representatives)
200
Which amendment protects Americans from unreasonable search and seizure?
What is the Fourth Amendment?
300
How many states must approve a change in the Constitution before it becomes a law?
Three fourths of the States.
300

What was our country's first government called?

What is The Article of Confederation?

300
Who was the first president to live in the White House in Washington D.C.?
Who is President John Adams, the 2nd President of the United States.
300
Who can declare war?
Who is Congress?
300
Which amendment prescribes a trial by jury?
What is the Seventh Amendment?
400
Which state did not send delegates to the Constitutional Convention and was the last of the 13 states to ratify the Constitution?
What is Rhode Island.
400
Who is nicknamed “the father of the Constitution"?
Who is James Madison. He was one of the first to arrive in Philadelphia for the Constitutional Convention. He arrived in early May, bearing the blueprint for the new Constitution.
400
How long is the longest possible time a president can serve?
What is 10 years? (Based upon Amendment Twenty-Two, no person can be elected to the office of President no more than twice or serve more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President)
400
Who serves as President of the Senate?
Who is the Vice President?
400

Which amendment allows for a speedy and public trial?

The Sixth Amendment

500
Every state is guaranteed by the Constitution to have what kind of government?
What is A Republican form of Government.
500
Name the first state to ratify the Constitution.
Delaware (December 7th, 1787)
500
Who fills in for the President, if the Vice President cannot?
Who is The Speaker of the House?
500
Which body of government is responsible for the budget?
What is The House of Representatives?
500

Which amendment allows someone to NOT testify against themselves.

The Fifth Amendment