1. CREATING A NEW GOVERNMENT Jeopardy Social Studies 6

2. The Articles Of Confed. The People How we got the Constitution The Structure of the Constitution The Constitution 100 200 300 400 500

3. The Articles 200 The Articles of Confederation created this, which was a big problem Weak National Government

4. The Articles 300 The Mayflower Compact and the Virginia Declaration of Rights were two document that influenced this Articles of Confederation

5. The Articles 100 The type of Government the United States has? Democracy

6. The Articles 400 The reason the Articles of Confederation were replaced To give the government enough power to keep order in the nation

7. The Articles 500 While working under this document, we won the revolution, organized western land and named the country Articles of Confederation

8. The People 100 He wrote the Virginia Plan. James Madison

9. The People 200 This group was whole- heartedly FOR the ratification of the Constitution Federalists

10. The People 300 These two were true anti- federalists. Patrick Henry George Mason (Samuel Adams)

11. The People 400 He was the leader of the Democratic Republicans? Thomas Jefferson

12. The People 500 Serving only two terms was a precedent set by this man. George Washington

13. How we got the Constitution- 100 People realized that change was necessary to the Articles of Confederation after this event Shay’s rebellion

14. 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

15. How we got the Constitution- 300 These documents were written to persuade Americans to ratify the Constitution. The Federalist Papers

16. How we got the Constitution- 400 This determined how the southern states would be counted for representation and tax purposes. 3/5 th Compromise

17. How we got the Constitution- 500 The main responsibility of Congress is to do this. Make laws

18. The Structure of the Constitution - 100 This Branch is led by the President? Executive

19. The Structure of the Constitution- 200 This Branch is broken into two sections – the Senate and the House of Representatives Legislative

20. The Structure of the Constitution- 300 This branch was created to settle disputes. Judicial

21. 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

22. 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

23. The Constitution- 100 The Articles of Confederation failed because it had this kind of central government. Weak

24. The Constitution- 200 Because it is adaptable and flexible the Constitution is often called this kind of document. Living (or a bundle of compromises)

25. The Constitution- 300 The Preamble to the Constitution was intended to state this. Purposes of the government

26. The Constitution- 400 The First 10 Amendments to the Constitution are called this. Bill of Rights

27. The Constitution- 500 Freedom of Speech, religion, assembly, petition and the press are all. First Amendment Rights