Formation of Government Jeopardy

Shining Light

100

This Enlightenment thinker promoted the ideas of freedom of speech and religion

Voltaire 

200

This Enlightenment thinker believed in Natural Rights 

John Locke

300

This Enlightenment thinker promoted 3 branches of government 

Montesquieu 

400

This Enlightenment thinker believed in following the "General Will" of the people 

Rousseau 

500

What are the 3 natural rights according to one of our Enlightenment thinkers?

Life, Liberty, and Property

We The People!!

100

List the three branches of government 

Legislative, Executive, Judicial 

200

In order to keep one branch of government from becoming too powerful, our Founding Fathers implemented a system of...

Checks and Balances 

3 Branches of Government 

300

When a country is divided into two levels of government, this is known as what?

Federalism

400

The first 10 Amendments in the Constitution are known as...

The Bill of Rights 

500

In order to ratify the Constitution, _____ out of 13 states had to approve of the new government 

9

Articles of Confed-up with this new government

100

What was the name of the first form of government in the United States?

Articles of Confederation

200

List one weakness of the Articles of Confederation

- Could not tax

-No national currency

-ALL states had to agree to make any changes

-Congress had no power to control trade

300

How many branches of government did the Articles of Confederation have?

1 (Legislative)

400

This violent uprising in Mass. proved to the US government that they needed a stronger legislative branch. 

Shays' Rebellion

500

The SC Sheriff's Sale Act allowed for those living in SC to pay off their debts by doing what?

Pay with land instead of cash 

Hamilton wrote the other 51

100

What did Federalists want out of the new government?

Strong central government 

200

What did Anti-Federalists want?

Stronger state governments 

Bill of Rights

300

Who did Washington appoint as his Secretary of the Treasury?

Alexander Hamilton

400

Where in SC were Federalists mostly located?

Lowcountry (elite plantation owners)

500

After the ratification of the Articles of Confederation, the Democratic-Republicans emerged led by which political figure?

Thomas Jefferson

I was chosen for the Constitutional Convention!

100

Where did the Constitutional Convention take place?

Philadelphia 

200

The New Jersey plan promoted what?

Equal representation 

300

The Virginia Plan promoted representation that was based on what?

Total population 

400

How did they decide to calculate the enslaved population in Southern States?

"Three-Fifths" Compromise. 

Slaves essentially counted as 3/5s of a person. 

500

The Connecticut Plan (Great Compromise) kept the Virginia Plan's idea of a bicameral legislature. What does bicameral mean?

2 Houses 

House of Representatives and Senate