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Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
Articles 1-7
Bill of Rights
Amendments
100
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
What is Thomas Jefferson
100
Did the Articles of Confederation work?
What is NOOOO
100
What is Article 1 about?
What is Legislative Department-organization, powers, restraints.
100
What is the Bill of Rights?
What is Collective name for the 1st 10 amendments to the United States constitution.
100
What is Amendment 2?
What is Right to bear arms
200
Why was the Declaration of Independence written?
What is to declare independence from Great Britian
200
What are the Articles of Confederation
What is The original constitution of the United States
200
What is Article 2 about?
What is Executive Department-powers, restraints, duties, and elections
200
What is amendment 5?
What is The right to remain silent.
200
What is Amendment 4?
What is Protects against unreasonable search and seizure
300
Why was the Declaration of Independence written?
What is equality
300
Why did the Articles of Confederation fail?
What is They did not give Congress and national government enough power
300
What is Article 3 about?
What is Judicial Department-powers, jurisdiction, Restraints, Definition of treason.
300
How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?
What is 10
300
What is Amendment 8?
What is No excessive bail, no cruel and unusual punishment
400
Dissolve relationships with _________.
What is England
400
What was good about the Articles of Confederation?
What is That it gave the foundation for the constitution
400
What is Article 4 about?
What is Relations of the States To each other and to the federal government. Guarantees to states. Government of territories.
400
Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
What is Because the fact that the Constitution did not include a bill of rights to specifically protect Americans' hard-won rights sparked the most heated debates during the ratification process.
400
What is Amendment 10?
What is All powers not given to the federal government are left to the states to take care of/decide.
500
When was the declaration officially ratified by all 13 states?
What is July 4, 1776
500
What caused Shay's Rebellion?
What is caused by the small farmers in the area reacting angrily to crushing debt and heavy taxation.
500
What is Article 7 about?
What is ratification
500
What is amendment 9?
What is People have rights that are not in the Constitution
500
What is Amendment 16?
What is Congress has the power to pass direct taxes, such as income tax.