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Country's First Government
Creating a New Constitution
Structure of the Constitution
People of the Convention
Branches of the Government
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This was the first Constitution of the United States

Articles of Confederation

100

A detailed written plan for government is called this

Constitution

100

The Constitutional Convention took place to write a document to replace which existing document?

The Articles of Confederation

100
This man was the oldest man at the convention...
Benjamin Franklin
100
What are the three branches?
Legislative Executive Judicial
200

Which part of the government got the most power under the Articles of Confederation

States

200

This is the name of the group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice-president

Electoral College

200

What Article of the Constitution talks about the Legislative Branch

Article 1

200
Thought we needed a strong, central government and he fixed the nation's troubled finances...
Alexander Hamilton
200
The job of congress is to...
make laws for our nation.
300

The Articles of Confederation did not have enough money to function because it did not have the power to do this.

Tax

300

This plan of government was presented at the Constitutional Convention. It was favored by larger states

Virginia Plan

300

How can the Constitution be changed?

Only by amendments

300
He was the master builder of the constitution and believed the fedeal government should control trade and protect people's rights...
James Madison
300
The judicial department is made up of?
judges
400

Author of the Articles of Confederation

2nd Continental Congress

400

This happened at the Constitutional Convention when the delegates compromised on the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan

Great Compromise

400

Congress is made up of two different parts of government. What are those two parts (names)

Senate and the House of Representatives

400
He was the leader of the Constitutional Convention and the first president...
George Washington
400
Who makes up the executive branch?
The president and cabinet members
500

Rebellion that show the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

Shay Rebellion

500

Where was the Constitutional Convention held. City and state. 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

500

What Article of the Constitution talks about how to change the Constitution

Article V

500
Who was called "the wisest man in America"?
Benjamin Franklin
500
Who makes up the Legislative Branch?
Senators & house of representitives (congress)