Road to the Constitution
This was our country’s first constitution.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
He is known as the "Father of the Constitution."
Who is James Madison?
This is the total number of members that make up the entire Legislative Branch.
What is 535?
The Judicial Branch of our government consists of these two levels of courts.
What are the Supreme Court and lower U.S. Courts?
You must be this old to be a member of the House of Representatives.
What is 25?
This was the only branch of government created under the Articles of Confederation.
What is the Legislative branch?
In this part of the Constitution, the Founders listed the goals for the American Government.
What is the Preamble?
This idea suggested the legislative branch have both a House of Representatives and a Senate.
What is the Connecticut Plan?
To be elected, a President must win a majority of these specific votes.
What are electoral votes?
This is the minimum age required to serve as President of the United States.
What is 35?
This rebellion was one of the main reasons the Founders wanted to change the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shay’s Rebellion?
This section of the Constitution is responsive to the needs of a changing nation.
What are the Amendments?
The number of Representatives a State gets depends on this.
What is the state’s population?
This Article of the Constitution establishes the Executive Branch.
What is Article 2?
To serve in this body, you must have been a U.S. citizen for at least 9 years.
What is the Senate?
This was the main argument of the Federalists.
What is the need for a strong national government?
This is the total number of Amendments to the Constitution today.
What is 27?
This allows Congress to expand their powers according to Article 1.
What is the Elastic Clause (Necessary and Proper)?
All impeachments are tried by this specific body.
What is the Senate?
This is the term length (in years) for a member of the Senate.
What is 6 years?
To create the new government, the Founders had to compromise on this sensitive issue.
What is slavery?
This specific Article of the Constitution deals with the Supremacy Clause.
What is Article 6?
While the President is the Commander in Chief, this body is the only one that can officially declare war.
What is Congress?
This is the only branch mentioned in Article 3.
What is the Judicial Branch?
Unlike the House or Senate, the President must have this specific citizenship status
What is a Natural Born Citizen?