CREATING A NEW GOVERNMENT

Jeopardy

Social Studies 6

The Articles

Of Confed.

The People

How we got the

Constitution

The Structure

of the Constitutio

n

The Constitutio

n

100 100 100 100 100

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