Key Words
Define Ratify
What is to approve?
Define the Articles of Confederation
What is the first written constitution pr plan of government?
Name the three levels of government, not to be confused with the three branches.
What is Local, State, and Federal?
The main author of the Bill of Rights?
Who was James Madison?
What are the three branches of government?
Legislative, Judicial, Executive
The number of senators that serve for each state?
What is 2?
Define Veto
What is to refuse to sign into law?
In what year was the first draft of the articles of confederation?
What is November 15, 1777?
Name the 3 branches of the government?
What are...Legislative, Judicial, and Executive?
The year that the amendments were ratified by the states.
What is December 15, 1791?
The job of the Legislative Branch of Government.
What is make laws, establish taxes, declare war, etc.
Name the Vice President of the United States?
Who is Kamala Harris?
Define amendment
What is an addition or change (specifically to the Constitution)?
Within the Articles of Confederation, the Congress had no power to _________ the states.
What is tax?
How many amendments are in the Constitution
What is 27?
The 4th Amendment does this.
What is protects people from unreasonable search and seizure?
The job of the judicial branch.
What is to decide or interpret what laws mean and then determines if laws are fair or Constitutional?
The number of Congressmen who serve in the House of Representatives?
What is 435?
Explain checks and balances
What are safeguards, so that one branch of government can't become too powerful?
What year were the Articles of Confederation ratified?
What is March 1, 1781?
Who appoints the Supreme Court Justices?
Double point if you tell how long they serve.
Who is the President of the United States, with senate approval.
What is they serve for life?
The Amendment where the forceful housing or quartering of soldiers in our homes is prohibited.
What is the 3rd Amendment?
The job of the Executive Branch?
What is makes sure laws are carried out and commanding the armed forces?
The name of our current US President.
What is Joe Biden?
Define Democratic Republic
What is a form of government in which people elect representatives to run the country?
Who were the colonies fighting against in the Revolutionary War?
What is Great Britain or England?
The branch that determines if a case, a law, or another branch is unconstitutional.
What is the Judicial Branch?
Name at least five rights listed in the Bill of Rights.
What is...Freedom of Speech, Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition, Right to Bear Arms, Quartering Act, Unreasonable Search and Seizure, Fair and Speedy Trial, Plead the Fifth, Eminent Domain, Right to an Attorney, etc.
The name of the two houses of the Legislative Branch?
What is Congress?
The total number of members in Congress.
What is 535??
Define "unconstitutional"
What is a law or action that is not allowed by the constitution of a country or government: not constitutional?
Name the years the Articles of Confederation were used in the United States.
What is from 1781 to 1789?
The number of delegates who signed the Constitution.
What is 39?
Define the Bill of Rights?
What is the document with first 10 amendments to the Constitution?
The head or commander of the Executive Branch?
Who is the President of the United States?
The name of the current Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Who is Mike Johnson?