Vocabulary
Another name for change.
What is to amend?
________ of the twelve Amendments were ratified.
What is ten?
The first state to ratify the Constitution.
What is Delaware?
People who supported the Constitution.
Who are the Federalists?
People who supported a bill of rights.
Who are the Antifederalists?
Supporters of the Constitution
Who are the Federalists?
Americans voted in the first official election in ......
When was January 1787?
New Hampshire ratified the Constitution
__________(month) __________ (year)
What is June 1788?
Document George Washington approved.
What is the Constitution?
In ______________________(month/year) the Bill of Rights was accepted.
What is December 1791?
The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
He insisted that the Bill of Rights does not give Americans any rights.
Who is James Madison?
States ratified in 1788 included ....
What are Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey?
Made for a weak central government.
What were the disputes between the states?
The twelve Amendments were written and proposed in __________ (year).
What is 1789?
Two things the Antifederalists don't like
What are the Constitution and a strong national government?
The first official capital of the United States.
What is New York City?
The date Americans celebrated the news of the Constitution being ratified.
What is July 4, 1788?
Kept the Constitution from being ratified in Virginia.
Who are Patrick Henry, George Mason, and Governor Edmund Randolph?
Wrote the Federalist Papers.
Who are James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton?
Who are James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay
The first United States President and Vice-President.
Who are George Washington and John Adams?
Ratified the Constitution as the eleventh state in July 1788.
What is New York?
Delayed the ratification of the Constitution in Massachusetts.
Who are Sam Adams and John Hancock?
Name the states in order of ratification.
Who are:
Delaware Pennsylvania New Jersey
Georgia Connecticut Massachusetts
Maryland South Carolina New Hampshire
Virginia New York North Carolina
Rhode Island