Show me the Money!
This is any money that is earned or received
What is Income
This Virginia plantation owner became our first president after leading America's military in the Revolutionary War and running the Constitutional Convention
Who is George Washington
Who became known as the 'Father of the Constitution' because he wrote most of the document? He later became our 4th president
Who is James Madison
This is the term for the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution which provides rights to the American people
What is the Bill of Rights
This word refers to money paid by people or businesses to a government so that it can run properly and pay for services like the military and schools
(Starts with 'T')
What is Taxes
A ________ budget refers to a system of money where more comes in than goes out (no debt!)
What is Balanced
This person wrote the vast majority of the Declaration of Independence and was later elected our 3rd president
Who is Thomas Jefferson
This document was America's first system of government, but was abolished because it was extremely weak and gave almost no power to the federal government.
What is the Articles of Confederation
What is Ratify
This is another word for 'expenses', and refers to money that is spent in a budget
(Starts with 'E')
What is Expenditures
This process describes the trade off made for a certain choice, or what you give up in order to gain something
What is Opportunity Cost
This is the most famous military traitor in American history who betrayed the Patriots to Britain after being denied credit and respect for his role in winning the Battle of Saratoga for the Americans
Who is Benedict Arnold
This was the plan which gave more power and representation in Congress to larger states that had bigger populations
What is the Virginia Plan
Which amendment protects American's ability to communicate and share their ideas, gather in groups, access information, worship and practice their faith, and write to the government for changes in the law?
What is the 1st Amendment
This word means personal freedom and the ability to make independent choices of how to live one's life without government interference
(Starts with 'L')
What is Liberty
This term defines how certain people, companies, or nations become extremely skilled at performing a certain service or making a particular good
What is Specialization
This silversmith create a famous engraving of the Boston Massacre which portrayed the British as having killed innocent people, and he took part in a famous 'Midnight Ride' to warn Americans that the British were coming before the Battles of Lexington and Concord
Who is Paul Revere
This compromise was created to determine how slaves would be counted into a state's population for seats in the House of Representatives
What is the 3/5ths Compromise
What is the right to Bear Arms
This word describes the power a president has to deny a law created by Congress from passing; part of the checks and balances system
(Starts with 'V')
What is Veto
This process describes how two countries or states exchange goods with each other for things they need
What is Trade
This was the lawyer who defended British soldiers in court after the Boston Massacre and who was later elected our 2nd president
Who is John Adams
This was the resolution created at the Constitutional Convention which decided that all rights and powers not specifically given to the federal government was given to the states instead
What is the Federal System
Thomas Jefferson wrote that, 'All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are _____, _______, and _________________.'
What is Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
This word means the killing or death of a large number of innocent people, as used in a famous event in 1770
(Starts with 'M')
What is Massacre