Gr. 5 Ch. 9 Government Quizz
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- This office is the head of the executive branch of government
- President
- Where was Thomas Jefferson when the U.S. Constitution was written?
- France
- The Constitutional Convention was held in this city...
- Philadelphia
- Name 3 weakenesses under the Articles of Confederation...
-
no army
no single leader
no national court system
no national taxes - Who was G. Washington's vice-president
- John Adams
- This member of Washington's cabinet wanted a strong, powerful government...
- Alexander Hamilton
- This first lady spoke often about women's rights
- Abigail Adams
- The term for the idea that the branches of governement can keep each other from becoming too strong
- "chesks and balances"
- The number of branches in the national government...
- Three branches
- The term for the sharing of power between the state and national government...
- federalism
- This term means the president refuses to sign a bill....
- veto
- This document is the set of laws that govern the nation..
- U.S. Constitution
- This was the document for our national government right after the Revolutionary War....
- Articles of Confederation
- This is the title that G.Washington selected for himself....
- "Mr. President"
- List the 5 freedoms in the First Amendment...
-
Freedom of:
speech
religion
press assembly
petition - The Great Compromise created these 2 parts of the national government...
- Senate and House of Representatives
- A man from this state developed the Great Compromise....
- Connecticut
- This caused many American to decide helping France was a bad idea....
- The Reign of Terror
- Shays Rebellion took place in this state...
- Massachusetts
- Shays Rebellion proved this...
- The national government was too weak under the Articles of Confederation
- The first ten amendemant go by this name...
- Bill of Rights
- The Constitutional Convention was held in this century during this season of the year...
- 18th century.....spring into summer
- This term means "to change"
- amend
- The number of Amendements to the Constitution....
- 27
- The name of the branch of government that includes the president...
- executive
- Which has lasted longer...the Articles of Confederationor the U.S. Constitution...
- Constitution
- This branch includes the Congress...
- legislative
- Why were Americans worried about a strong national government?
- They feared a return to a monarchy
- These were articles intended to persuade people that a strong national government was needed...
- Federalist Papers
- Who has the power to coin and print money?
- National government
- Who has the power to make laws about marriage and traffic laws/
- state government
- This branch includes the courts...
- judicial branch
- This city is at the mouth of the Mississippi River..
- New Orleans
- Which state favored representation based on population?
- the states with large populations
- The House and Senate are part of this branch...
- legislative
- Be sure that you understand the idea of checks and balances...
- OK, Mr. Campion, I will be sure that I study that!
- Be sure that you know some of the differences between the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution.
- That seems like a great idea....I'll be certain to review that...thanks.
- Do you know why the Constitutional Convention was held in secret?
- If not, I will make sure to figure that out.
- The Great Compromise solved this problem...
- how the states should be represented in Congress
- How many members are in the House of Representatives today?
- 435
- Since each state gets 2 Senators, how many Senators are there today?
- 100
- How many Seantors were in the very first meeting of the Senate?
- 26
- How do you get down from an elephant?
- You don't...you get down from a goose