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CREATING A NEW GOVERNMENT
Jeopardy
Social Studies 6
The Articles
Of Confed.
The People
How we got the
Constitution
The Structure
of the Constitutio
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The Constitutio
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200 200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300 300
400 400 400 400 400
500 500 500 500 500
The Articles 200
The Articles of Confederation created this, which was a big
problem
Weak National Government
The Articles 300
The Mayflower Compact and the Virginia
Declaration of Rights were two document that
influenced this
Articles of Confederation
The Articles 100
The type of Government the United States has?
Democracy
The Articles 400
The reason the Articles of Confederation were
replaced
To give the government enough power to keep
order in the nation
The Articles 500
While working under this document, we won the revolution, organized
western land and named the country
Articles of Confederation
The People 100
He wrote the Virginia Plan.
James Madison
The People 200
This group was whole-heartedly FOR the ratification of the
Constitution
Federalists
The People 300
These two were true anti-federalists.
Patrick HenryGeorge Mason
(Samuel Adams)
The People 400
He was the leader of the Democratic Republicans?
Thomas Jefferson
The People 500
Serving only two terms was a precedent set by this man.
George Washington
How we got the Constitution- 100
People realized that change was necessary to the
Articles of Confederation after this event
Shay’s rebellion
How we got the Constitution- 200
This determined how each state would be
represented in Congress (also known as the Connecticut Plan).
The Great Compromise
How we got the Constitution- 300
These documents were written to persuade
Americans to ratify the Constitution.
The Federalist Papers
How we got the Constitution- 400
This determined how the southern states would be
counted for representation and tax
purposes.
3/5th Compromise
How we got the Constitution- 500
The main responsibility of Congress is to do this.
Make laws
The Structure of the Constitution - 100
This Branch is led by the President?
Executive
The Structure of the Constitution- 200
This Branch is broken into two sections – the Senate
and the House of Representatives
Legislative
The Structure of the Constitution- 300
This branch was created to settle disputes.
Judicial
The Structure of the Constitution - 400
This is the term for the division of power between the National government
and the States.
Separation of Power
The Structure of the Constitution - 500
This is the system in place to ensure that no one branch can become too powerful.
Checks and balances
The Constitution- 100
The Articles of Confederation failed
because it had this kind of central government.
Weak
The Constitution- 200
Because it is adaptable and flexible the Constitution is
often called this kind of document.
Living (or a bundle of compromises)
The Constitution- 300
The Preamble to the Constitution was intended
to state this.
Purposes of the government
The Constitution- 400
The First 10 Amendments to the Constitution are
called this.
Bill of Rights
The Constitution- 500
Freedom of Speech, religion, assembly,
petition and the press are all.
First Amendment Rights