Vocab
The word Tariff means?
A tax on things we buy from other countries
The 6th Amendment is?
The right to a speedy and public trial.
The Branch that in charge of making laws?
Legislative Branch
This branch is supposed to interpret laws and determine if a person has broken a law?
Judicial Branch
This president is considered the Father of Our Country?
George Washington
To be in charge or be all powerful?
Sovereign
Which amendment protects from cruel and unusual punishments?
8th Amendment
How many Delegates came together to write the Constitution?
55 Delegates
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are called what?
The Bill of Rights
This President was out 5th president and he was responsible for the Monroe Doctrine?
James Monroe
The word Amendment means?
An addition or change. Often to laws or rules
The right to keep and bear arms is which amendment?
2nd Amendment
What was the 3/5ths comprimise?
This established that slaves would be counted as 3/5ths of a person for representation purposes.
Was the Articles of Confederation written before or after the Revolutionary War was over?
Before the war was over, during the fighting
During his presidency, we get the two party political system, with the Federalist and the Democratic parties?
John Adams
This word means to give official or formal approval to something.
Ratify
What freedoms does the 1st Amendment cover? There are five freedoms.
Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly and Petition
This is considered our 1st Constitution?
The Articles of Confederation
What year was the Constitution written and what year was it Ratified?
Written: 1787
Ratified: 1789
He was the 4th president and he declared war on which country during the War of 1812? Name the president and the country he fought.
James Madison
This word means split into two houses or parts. Particularly when we talk about Congress.
Bicameral
No Quartering of Soldiers is which amendment?
3rd Amendment
This is the document states that our system of government is based on power being shared between national(federal) and state governments? (It is what we use today)
The United States Constitution
True or False: The Articles of Confederation helped create a strong government?
False
This person was the third president and in 1803 he purchased land from France doubling the size of the United States of America. Who was the President and what is the name of the land purchase he made?
Thomas Jefferson
The Louisiana Purchase