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Constitution One: 100
What was the first national government after Independence?The Articles of Confederation
Constitution One:200
First American document of laws signed by Pilgrims
Mayflower Compact
Constitution One: 300
Who had the only power to tax under
the Articles of Confederation?
The STATES
Constitution One: 400
Where may a bill begin?
Senate
Constitution One: 500
What is the name of the document of laws & rights for people that the Americans borrowed from England
Magna Carta
Constitution Two: 100
Who was the Chairman at the Constitutional Convention?George
Washington
Constitution Two: 200
James Madison
Who was called “Father of the Constitution”
Constitution Two: 300
A meeting of delegates to revise
constitution.
Constitutional Convention
Constitution Two: 400
Who wrote much of the Bill of Rights?
James Madison (the same guy who
wrote the Virginia Plan!)
Constitution Two: 500
Where did the Constitutional
Convention meet?
Philadelphia
Constitution Three: 100
What shares power with the national
government?
The states
Constitution Three: 200
Each state gets how many votes in the
U.S. Senate?
Two
Name the THREE branches of the
national government.
Constitution Three: 300
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
Constitution Three: 400
What law is the “supreme law of
the land”Federal law
or The Constitution
Constitution Three: 500
What was the Three- Fifths Compromise?
Slaves were counted as 3/5 of a person to calculate
population.
Constitution Four: : 100
Federalists
Who supported the proposed Constitution?
Constitution Four: 200
What do you call the system of government in which each branch
of government has some
way to control the other 2 branches?
Checks and Balances
Constitution Four: 300
A President can be impeached for?
Treason and Bribery
Constitution Four: 400
To reject or disapprove of.
Veto
Constitution Four: 500
Supreme Court Justices Serve for?
For Life
Constitution Five: 100
How many Amendments are
there in the Constitution Today
27
Constitution Five: 200
A bill to put tax on gum has reached the President. He
vetoes it. Where does it then go?
Congress
Constitution Five: 300
Abolishes Slavery
What does the 13th Amendment say?
Constitution Five: 400
Which Amendment guarantees that no
search be conducted without a warrant?
Fourth!
Constitution Five: 500
When we say “Congress” we mean:
House of Representatives