Terms
Amendments
Names
Cause & Effect
Mystery
100
Trail into Kentucky that Daniel Boone helped build
What is the Wilderness Road
100
Quartering Troops
What is Amendment 4
100
The "father" of the U.S. constitution
Who is James Madison
100
This uprising of Massachusetts farmers over heavy state taxes alerted America to the dangers of a weak central government, and prompted the Constitutional Convention.
What is Shay's Rebellion
100
A system of government in which power is shared between the central government and the states
What is Federalism
200
A form of government where the people choose representatives to govern them
What is a republic
200
Religious and political freedom
What is Amendment 1
200
The oldest delegate to the constitution;this man was 81 years old during the framing of the Constitution.
Who is Benjamin Franklin
200
This agreement was due to the Northern States and the Southern States inability to settle matters concerning slaves' taxes and representation.
What is the Three-fifths compromise
200
Called for surveyors to stake out six-mile-square plots, called townships, in the western lands.
What is the Land Ordinance of 1785
300
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin
What is the Northwest Territory
300
Trial by Jury in Civil Cases
What is Amendment 7
300
President of the Constitutional Convention
Who is George Washington
300
This agreement satisfied both smaller and larger states by providing equal representation in the Senate,and representation according to population in the House of Representatives.
What is the Great Compromise
300
Opposed to the Constitution
What is Antifederalists
400
People who supported the Constitution
What is Federalists
400
Search and Seizure
What is Amendment 4
400
Mountain man that is credited for blazing the trail into Kentucky
Who is Daniel Boone
400
Response to Antifederalists writings against the U.S. Constitution
What is The Federalist Papers
400
definition for two houses in the legislature
What is bicameral
500
Branch of government that makes laws
What is the Legislative Branch
500
Right to Bear Arms
What is Amendment 2
500
Stated that "United we stand, divided we fall".
Who is Silas Deane
500
The Articles of Confederation did not support a strong central government. As a result, this was created. American liberties are protected by this today.
What is the U.S. Constitution
500
President Obama oversees this branch of government.
What is the Executive Branch