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New Country, New Problems
The Constitutional Convention
A New Government
The Great Compromise
A Rising Sun
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What man did not want to pay taxes in silver so he started a fight?
Daniel Shays
100
In the House of Representatives, votes are given according to ______________.
The number of people in a state.
100
What is the "law of the land"
The Constitution.
100
What is a census?
A counting of the people
100
Who was unselfish?
George Washington
200
If you had been at the Constitutional Convention, what would you have seen?
the men following rules concerning the meeting
200
In the Senate, each state has an equal number of votes. This is the result of the _________________.
Great Compromise
200
What are the rules to help keep the colonies together?
The Articles of Confederation.
200
What is a compromise?
An agreement good enough for both sides to like
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How did the men at the Constitutional Convention behave?
Follow the rules.
300
What is a word that describes George Washington?
unselfish
300
Who would have said the following: "Slavery brings the judgement of heaven on a country"? This man would not sign the Constitution.
George Mason
300
What means "words that go before."
Preamble
300
How many branches does the government have?
Three
300
What are two freedoms guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.
1. Freedom of religion, speech, the press, and assembly and petition. 2. Right to bear arms 3. Limits on the housing of soldiers 4. Limits on searches and seizures 5. Right to due process of law 6. Rights of a person accused of a crime. 7. Right to a jury trial in civil cases 8. Forbidding of unfair bail, fines, and punishment 9. Rights not listed in the Constitution given to citizens. 10. Powers reserved to the states or the people
400
Who would have said the following: "The Articles will not work anymore. We must write a whole new set of laws. We must write a Constitution?"
James Madison
400
Who said, "I will protect the Constitution"?
George Washington
400
What document is a list of freedoms?
The Bill of Rights
400
What gave each state two votes in the Senate and votes according to the number of people in the state in the House of Representatives?
The Great Compromise
400
Who started a fight because he did not want to pay taxes in silver?
Daniel Shays
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The men agreed that that the government should have three parts or ____________.
branches
500
What word means "to approve of or agree to"?
ratify
500
What were the rules that the Separatists made in the New World?
The Mayflower Compact
500
What is the list of freedoms added to the Constitution called?
The Bill of Rights
500
Where was the Constitutional Convention held?
Philadelphia