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Amendments
Core Democratic Values
Constitution
People of the Convention
Branches of the Government
100

This amendment forbids illegal searches and seizure (must have a warrant to go onto someone's property)

The fourth amendment

100

The Bill of Rights essentially protects American citizens from the 

government.
100

The US Constitution replaced this document that was the first written form of government in the United States but ultimately was a failure

the Articles of Confederation

100
This man was the oldest man at the convention...
Benjamin Franklin
100
What are the three branches?
Legislative Executive Judicial
200
The first 10 amendments are called this.
The Bill of Rights
200
Citizens should work together for the good of all. The government should make laws that are good for everyone.
Common good
200

This section of the constitution outlines the six purposes of government

the Preamble

200
Thought we needed a strong, central government and he fixed the nation's troubled finances...
Alexander Hamilton
200

The primary job of congress is to...

make laws for our nation.

300

Which amendment contains this language:

"People have freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and the right to petition the Government."

The First Amendment

300

The system which prevents any part of the government from having too much power, by allowing each branch to have some say in what the other branch does

Checks and Balances

300
How can the Constitution be changed?
Only by amendments
300
He was the master builder of the constitution and believed the fedeal government should control trade and protect people's rights...
James Madison
300

The judicial department is made up of?

judges and courts

400
The 19th amendment gave women the right to do what?
vote
400
A devotion to our country and the core democratic values in word and deed.
Patriotism
400

This word is often used to refer to the people who wrote the constitution

the framers

400
He was the leader of the Constitutional Convention and the first president...
George Washington
400
Who makes up the executive branch?
The president and cabinet members
500

What did the 13th amendment do?

Made slavery illegal in the United States.

500

The democratic core valueso f Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness were first written down by this founding father

Thomas Jefferson

500

The Constitutional Convention took place in this city, which was also the first capital of the United States before Washington DC

Philadelphia

500

Even though this group of people is not directly named in the Constitution, the authors of the constitution made sure that their owners would still be able to consider them "property"

slaves

500

What two chambers make up the Legislative Branch?

the Senate and the House of Representatives