Bill of Rights
This Number amendment gives the right to bear arms.
What is the 2nd Amendment
The United States government is made up of this number of branches.
3
These are the 2 types of states that were put on opposing sides during the constitutional convention.
What are large states and Small states
This 1st President was obsessed with his calf size and wouldn't allow people to touch him.
Who is George Washington?
This first secretary of the treasury was killed in a famous duel against Aaron Burr.
Who is Alexander Hammilton?
The 3rd Amendment ensures soldiers can't do what in your private home.
What is to quarter?
This fraction of both the House and the Senate is needed to override a presidential veto.
2/3rds
This prominent Founding Father was 81 years old at the Constitutional Convention and needed to be carried in on a chair.
Who is Ben Franklin?
The writer of the Constitution had conceived 3 illegitimate children with Sally Hemings.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This is the name of the event where President Andrew Jackson forced Native Americans to move out west.
What is the Trail of Tears?
The 8th Amendment prevents this type of punishment.
This is a phrase which means holding power separately to prevent a tyranny.
What are Checks and Balances
After Elbridge Gerry left the constitutional convention, his name was later used in this phrase, meaning to redraw congressional districts in a partisan way.
What is Gerrymandering?
This president had a very equal relationship with his wife, Abigail, who wrote him a letter telling him not to forget the women when at the Continental Congress.
This Important building for the executive branch was burnt down by the British in 1812.
The 5th Amendment protects against self-incrimination it also protects against this ironic 2 word phrase.
What is Double Jeopardy?
Due to conflicting interests between large states and small states, Roger Sherman suggested that the legislative branch be made up of 2 chambers. This is the phrase used to describe both chambers.
What is bicameral?
What is The 3/5th Compromise?
This President during the Civil War was a young boy who was beaten by a British soldier with a sword for refusing to polish his boots.
Who is Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was shot at twice by an assassin. The Assassin missed both times, and Jackson beat him within an inch of his life with this object.
What is a cane?
According to the Bill of Rights, the government has to provide fair compensation if they take a person's property. This phrase means the government has the first right to land and is used if the government takes property,
What is imminent domain?
Mitch McConnell & Ran Paul
When asked by Elizabeth Willing Powel, "What form of Government did you give me, Dr. Franklin?" he responded by saying this 7 word phrase.
what is "A Republic if you can keep it."
This president was the first to have a father as president.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
This landmark Supreme Court case, the first with John Marshall as chief justice, had to do with writs of mandamus and established judicial review.
What is Marbury V Madison?