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Constitution
Bill of Rights
People and Places
Three Branches
Miscellaneous
100
The city and state where the Constitution was written
What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
100
The number of amendments in the Bill of Rights
What is ten?
100
The city and state where the Constitutional Convention met in 1787
What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
100
The Great Compromise created these two groups for Congress.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
100
A nation where the people choose representatives to run the government
What is a republic?
200
The plan that would have allowed both the House of Representatives and the Senate to have representatives based on the population of each state
What is the Virginia Plan?
200
Name three rights or freedoms guaranteed by the first amendment
What is freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom to speak out against the government, and the right to assemble together?
200
The chosen leader of the Constitutional Convention
Who is George Washington
200
Name the three branches of the United States government
What is the Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch, and the Judicial Branch?
200
The plan of government that would have allowed each state to have the same number of representatives in Congress
What is the New Jersey Plan?
300
The name of the introduction of the Constitution and the first seven words
What is the Preamble and "We the People of the United States of America"?
300
The phrase that explains each citizens' right to a fair trial
What is due process of law?
300
An important member of the Constitutional Congress who was strongly against slavery
Who is Governeur Morris?
300
This branch makes laws
What is the legislative branch?
300
A new idea for a law
What is a bill?
400
"To establish justice (fairness), ensure domestic tranquility (peace), provide for the common defense, promote the common good of the nation, and secure liberty for the nation's people and future generations."
What is the purpose of the United States Constitution?
400
According to this amendment, the government can ONLY do things listed in the Constitution
What is the tenth amendment?
400
The first state to ratify, or approve, the Constitution
What is Delaware?
400
This branch enforces or carries out the laws
What is the Executive Branch?
400
The name of the compromise reached regarding the issue of slavery and a state's population
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
500
The name given to any changes made to the Constitution
What are amendments?
500
The year in which the Bill of Rights became part of the Constitution
What is 1791?
500
Group of people who feared a strong national government and insisted on including a bill of rights to the Constitution
Who are Anti-Federalists?
500
This branch decides if the laws are working fairly
What is the Judicial Branch?
500
This keeps any one branch of government from becoming too powerful
What is the separation of powers?