2. Constitutional / Bill of Rights Early Years Important People Jackson / Leading to the Civil War 10 20 30 40 50

3. Question 1 - 10 Before the Constitution this was the form of Government the United States had…

4. Answer 1 – 10 The Articles of Confederation

5. Question 1 - 20 People who supported the Constitution were called…

6. Answer 1 – 20 Federalist

7. Question 1 - 30 People against the Constitution where called…

8. Answer 1 – 30 Anti-Federalist

9. Question 1 - 40 How many states need to ratify the Constitution in order for it to become law? BONUS: Which state was first, and which was last?

10. Answer 1 – 40 9/13 Delaware was the first Rhode Island was the last

11. Question 1 - 50 1787, when a group of Massachusetts farmers revolted against the state the rebellion had to be put down and it became clear that the current government was no longer working. What was the name of this rebellion?

12. Answer 1 – 50 Shay’s Rebellion

13. Question 2 - 10 The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution are called…

14. Answer 2 – 10 The Bill of Rights

15. Question 2 - 20 Articles I, II, and III, of the Constitution set up which parts of the Government?

16. Answer 2 – 20 Article I – Legislative Branch Article II – Executive Branch Article III – Judicial Branch

17. Question 2 - 30 What did the Great Compromise do? BONUS: What two plans made up the Great Compromise?

18. Answer 2 – 30 Created the bicameral Legislative Branch, where representation in the Senate was based on 2 representatives for every state, and representation in the House was based on a states population BONUS: Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan

19. Question 2 - 40 This compromise set up how blacks / slaves would count toward a states’ representation in Congress?

20. Answer 2 – 40 3/5’s Compromise

21. Question 2 - 50 The new government was a federal form of government. What does federal mean?

22. Answer 2 – 50 A system of government in which power is divided between the national and state level.

23. Question 3 - 10 The first U.S. Capital was in this city… BONUS: He is the only U.S. President to never live in the White House…

24. Answer 3 – 10 New York Bonus: George Washington

25. Question 3 - 20 These two men, who where part of George Washington’s Cabinet debated each other about EVERYTHING.

26. Answer 3 – 20 Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton

27. Question 3 - 30 This landmark Supreme Court case established Judicial Review… BONUS: What is Judicial Review?

28. Answer 3 – 30 Marbury VS Madison Bonus: The right of the Supreme Court to go back and decide that actions of Congress / the President are unconstitutional

29. Question 3 - 40 What was the Louisiana Purchase?

30. Answer 3 – 40 In 1803, Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory for $15 million from France.

31. Question 3 - 50 The practice of impressment was one of the causes of the war of 1812. What is impressment?

32. Answer 3 – 50 A practice in which British forces seized American sailors and forced them to serve in the British navy.

33. Question 4 - 10 He is considered the father of our country…

34. Answer 4 – 10 George Washington

35. Question 4 - 20 George Washington’s Sectary of the Treasury, he was shot in a duel a few years later…

36. Answer 4 – 20 Alexander Hamilton

37. Question 4 - 30 This man is considered the father of the Constitution…

38. Answer 4 – 30 James Madison

39. Question 4 - 40 She wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin

40. Answer 4 – 40 Harriet Beecher Stowe

41. Question 4 - 50 This woman was the guide for Lewis and Clark on their journey… Bonus: Which President sent Lewis and Clark on their mission?

42. Answer 4 – 50 Sacagawea Bonus: Jefferson

43. Question 5 - 10 This woman was a well known conductor on the Underground Railroad…

44. Answer 5 – 10 Harriet Tubman

45. Question 5 - 20 Explain how the Donkey became the mascot of the Democratic Party?

46. Answer 5 – 20 Andrew Jackson’s critics called him a “Jack- Ass.” He liked the term so he used it as his mascot.

47. Question 5 - 30 Jackson forced Native Americans off their ancestral land. The journey west these people were forced to make is referred to as…

48. Answer 5 – 30 The Trail of Tears

49. Question 5 - 40 The fighting in Kansas between abolitionist and pro slavery factions became known as… Bonus: This act split Nebraska into the territories of Nebraska and Kansas. Each state would decide whether or not to allow slavery.

50. Answer 5 – 40 Bleeding Kansas Bonus: The Kansas-Nebraska Act

51. Question 5 - 50 What was the ruling of the Dred Scott v. Sanford case in the Supreme Court?

52. Answer 5 – 50 Chief Justice Roger B. Taney wrote that being in a free state did not make a slave free. The court also ruled that slaves were considered property according to the Constitution.