Jeopardy Final Jeopardy Topic 1 Topic 2 Topic 3 Topic 4 Topic 5 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 Final Jeopardy

1 - $100 The states hoped to gain a strong central government under the Articles of Confederation. True or False? What is false, they wanted freedom, independence and a league of friendship?

1 - $200 Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress could not pass laws to collect taxes, True or False? What is true?

1 - $300 What was one weakness of the Articles of Confederation of the following? The government had only one branch, each state paid taxes, laws could not be made, each state had one vote?

1 - $400 What caused Shays Rebellion? What is Massachusetts property taxes were hard on farmers?

1 - $500 Which part of the Virginia Plan was objected to by supporters of the New Jersey Plan? What is larger states should have more representatives in Congress?

2 - $100 Which of the following was ordered by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787? What is divide the territory into smaller territories, make the territory into 4 states, make the territory into 1 state, or make the entire territory equal to the other states?

2 - $200 True or False, The Northwest Territory would automatically become a state? What is false?

2 - $300 What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention? What is to revise the Articles of Confederation?

2 - $400 Which of the following does not describe the Great Compromise? What is equal representation in Senate, representation based on population in HoR, a Congress made up of 2 houses, enslaved people counted in state populations?

2 - $500 What was the outcome of the Constitutional Convention? What is The Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation?

3 - $100 Which of the following goals is stated in the Preamble to the Constitution? What is to protect the people’s liberty, to provide equality for all, to protect the people’s health, to provide education for all ?

3 - $200 Which group wanted a strong national government? Who are the Federalists?

3 - $300 Antifederalists were happy with the Constitution, true or false? What is false?

3 - $400 What were the 10 Constitutional amendments specifying freedoms called? What is The Bill of Rights?

3 - $500 When Congress pledged to add the Bill of Rights many states refused to sign the Constitution, true or false? What is false?

4 - $100 How did Ben Franklin describe the government under the Constitution (quote)? What is “ A republic, if you can keep it”?

4 - $200 How did the Articles of Confederation affect relations between the US and other European countries? What is Congress could not pass laws for trade, which led to other gov’ts having little respect for the US ?

4 - $300 How was The Northwest Ordinance successful? It was a plan to allow a large piece of land to become states that were equal to the original 13 states?

4 - $400 How did Shays Rebellion and other protests affect the governmene? They caused concern among the nationalists who felt a stronger national government was needed, which eventually led to the Constitution.

4 - $500 Why was it important for the delegates to be able to change their minds at the Constitutional Convention? They had to compromise to come up with a plan that most would agree with.

5 - $100 Who were the authors of the Federalist essays? Who were James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay.

5 - $200 What was the purpose of the Federalist essays? They wanted to educate people on the weaknesses of the Antifederalists arguments. They hoped people would see they were wrong and vote for the Constitution.

5 - $300 What was the fear of the people that led to the Bill of Rights? People feared that a strong government would be too powerful ?

5 - $400 What do you think is meant by, the Constitution provided a framework for a stronger central government? The Constitution provided the shell not the details. The details can be added when necessary to make the Constitution relevant to the current society.

5-$500 What branch of the military is Andrew Gundlah in and from where is he returning? What is The Marine Corps and Iraq! OHH-Rah!

Final Jeopardy How many delegates were a part of the Constitutional Convention? What is 55?