Creating the Constitution
First Constitution of the United States
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Main job of the legislative branch
What is to make laws?
Main job of the executive branch
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?
The number of senators from each state
What is 2?
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?
2 year term, 7 years a citizen, and 25 years old
What is a representative?
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?
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?
Interprets the laws
What the Judicial branch/Supreme Court?
Amendment that protects against cruel and unusual punushment
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 get is determined by...
What is the number of reps + the number of senators?
How to override a veto
What is a 2/3 vote in both houses?
Length of time a Supreme Court justice serves
What is for life/during good behavior?
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?
This man was elected twice as U.S. Vice President and twice as President of the United States (and later resigned from office)
Who is Richard Nixon? 37th President.
Nixon served as Vice President to President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953-1961 and was elected President in both 1968 and 1972.