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Amendments
Checks and Balances
Constitution
People of the Convention
Branches of the Government
100
How many amendments are there?
27
100

When a president strikes down a law passed by congress it is called...

A veto

100

What year was the constitution ratified?

1787

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

What branch of government can declare a law unconstitutional?

Judicial Branch

200

What colony-turned-state was the last to ratify the constitution?

Rhode Island

200
Thought we needed a strong, central government and he fixed the nation's troubled finances...
Alexander Hamilton
200
The job of congress is to...
make laws for our nation.
300

What are freedoms provided by the first amendment (points to who names the most!)

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

300

Congress can override a presidential veto by what fraction vote in both houses?

2/3

300

How many countries have constitutions older than the United States?

None

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

How many justices are there on the supreme court?

Nine

400

Which amendment guarenteed women the right to vote?

19

400

Who nominates justices to the supreme court?

The president

400

How long did it take to write the Constitution? (Hint: less than a year, more than a month)

4 months

400
He was the leader of the Constitutional Convention and the first president...
George Washington
400

Name as many positions in the presidents cabinet as you can (points to who list the most!)

Vice President, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health & Human Services, Secretary of Housing & Urban Development, Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Secretary of Homeland Security

500

Which amendment outlawed slavery in the United States?

13

500

Who holds the trial after a President is impeached?

The Senate

500
The Constitutional Convention took place to write a document to replace which existing document?
The Articles of Confederation
500

What important founding father was not at the constitutional convention?

Thomas Jefferson or John Adams

500

Who makes up the Legislative Branch?

Senators & house of representitives (congress)