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First Signer of the Consitution
Who is John Adams
100
Someone who believes that the Constitution should be interpreted according to the intent of the Founders.
What is an originalist?
100
This term is used by people who want to change the Constitution to fit the whims of the present culture.
What is "The constitution is a living and breathing document."
100
Is comprised of a preamble, 7 articles, and 27 amendments.
What is the Constitution?
100
The two states that were needed most to insure the ratification of the Constitution due to their geographic locations.
What are New York and Virginia.
200
Often referred to as "The Old Puritan," this delegate from Connecticut proposed The Great Compromise.
Who is Roger Sherman?
200
A one house legislature
What is unicameral?
200
He said "Give me liberty or give me death" at the signing of the Declaration of Independence, yet when it came to the Constitution, he said, "I smell a rat."
Who is Patrick Henry?
200
The French and Indian War, The Boston Massacre, and The Stamp Act all led to the drafting of this document.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
The state that refused to show at the Constitutional Convention and was called "the unruly member" of the Republic?
What is Rhode Island?
300
Proposed that slaves be counted as 3/5 of a free inhabitant for terms involving representation.
Who is James Wilson?
300
An issue of anarchy in Massachusetts that drew attention to the fact that the Articles of Confederation were not sufficient for our growing nation.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
300
In reference to politics, who said, "When you are in the minority: talk; when you are in the majority: vote."
Who is Roger Sherman?
300
A 13th Century English document that encouraged legislative government.
What is the Magna Carta?
300
The first state to ratify the Constitution
What is Deleware?
400
A one state/one vote plan for representation supported by the smaller states.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
400
"The First Amendment has erected a a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach."
Who is Supreme Court Justice Hugh Black?
400
Our "First" Constitution, this document ruled the new nation from 1777 to 1781.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
400
The state that had a law against contraception, which led to the judicial debate over "right to privacy."
What is Connecticut?
500
An anti-federalist who opposed the ratification of the Constitution because there was no Bill of Rights.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
500
85 Essays written by John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton that argued for the ratification of the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
500
In stating the importance of staggered elections, he observed, "When elections recur only at long intervals, the state is exposed to violent agitation every time they take place. Parties then exert themselves to the utmost...to gain a price this is so rarely within their reach; and as the evil is almost irremediable for the candidates who fail, everything is to be feared from disappointed ambition."
Who is Alexander Tocqueville?
500
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
What are the Bill of Rights?
500
The state where an issue arose that made the judiciary interpret the 14th Amendment to say that all accused, no matter for what crime, have a right to counsel.
What is Florida?