Creating the Constitution
First Constitution of the United States
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The number of senators from each state
What is 2?
Amendments that make up the Bill of Rights
What are the first 10?
Number of CA representatives in the House
What is 52?
Ms. Milhoan's birthday month
What is December?
Tallest president
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Angry farmers rose up in protest of taxes and foreclosures
What is Shays' Rebellion?
May veto a congressional bill
What is the president?
Purpose of the Bill of Rights
What is to protect basic liberties and rights?
System that keeps one branch from becoming too powerful.
What is the checks and balances?
Ms. Milhoan's favorite virtue/value
What is integrity?
Shortest president.
James Madison
Solved the issue of state representation in Congress
What is the Great Compromise?
Can appoint Supreme Court justices
What is the president?
Amendment that protects against unreasonable search and seizure
What is the Fourth Amendment?
What is 2/3?
College Ms. Milhoan attended
What is Stanford? Or Notre Dame.
Toy named after Theodore Roosevelt.
What is a teddy bear?
Father of the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
Can introduce a tax bill
What is a member of the House of Representatives?
Amendment that protects against cruel and unusual punishment
What is the Eighth Amendment?
The fraction of state legislatures that must approve a Constitutional amendment for it to be added
What is 3/4?
Ms. Milhoan's preferred coffee store
What is Peet's?
Previously served 2 non-consecutive terms as pres.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
The number of electoral votes a state gets is determined by...
What is the number of reps + the number of senators?
How to override a veto
2/3 vote of each house of Congress
5 freedoms of the First Amendment?
What are freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition?
Number of electoral votes needed to win the presidency
What is 270?
Ms. Milhoan's favorite places to get gift cards to. (correctly name 2 for points)
What is Amazon, Target, Peet's, Jersey Mike's?
Youngest President to take office
Who is Theodore Roosevelt? He was 42.