Leading to the Constitution
This document was created to replace the Articles of Confederation.
What is the Constitution?
This branch of government can veto a law.
What is the executive branch?
The number per state depends on population, but the total number is 435.
What is the House of Representatives?
The first ten amendments to the US Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
The Knight
What is our mascot?
It created a weak central government.
Why did the Articles of Confederation fail?
What is a Supreme Court justice?
State and federal governments are allowed to do this to raise money.
What is levy taxes?
This is the introduction of the US Constitution.
What is the Preamble?
This is the school address.
What is 465 Westchester Avenue?
Three of every five enslaved people were counted for representation according to this compromise?
What is the 3/5th Compromise?
This branch interprets the law.
What is the Supreme Court?
This government system means power is shared between the states and the federal government.
What is a federal system?
This part of the Constitution allows Congress to make any laws "necessary and proper" for carrying out its powers.
What is the Elastic Clause?
She was the school secretary before Mrs. Brown
Who is Mrs. Sinnott?
This compromise settled the issue of representation in Congress.
What is the Great Compromise?
Two.
How many senators does each state have?
This system of limiting power makes sure that one branch of government is not more powerful than another.
What are checks and balances?
This amendment protects freedom of speech, freedom of the press and freedom of religion.
What is the 1st Amendment?
This teacher first started teaching at AES in 2000.
Who is Mrs. Hollywood
This was a major weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
What is:
It only had one branch of government
They could not levy taxes
It had no military
There was no central currency
This branch is responsible for making the laws.
What is the legislative branch?
The Supreme Court can check the power of Congress by doing this.
What is declaring a law unconstitutional?
These amendments protect individual liberties and rights, such as freedom of speech, religion, and the press.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This milestone happened in 1948.
What is the first graduating class from AES?