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Miscellaneous for 100
• This is the reason most people
were against the approval of the
Constitution.
• What is that it did not contain the
protection of individual rights?
Miscellaneous for 200
• This was one reason people
called for changes to the Articles
of Confederation.
• What was that they felt the central
government was too weak?
Miscellaneous for 300
• Most state constitutions had this,
but the original Constitution of the
United States did not.
• What was a bill of rights?
Miscellaneous for 400
• This is what “We, the people,”
refers to in the opening of the
Constitution.
• What is the citizens of the United States
of America?
Miscellaneous for 500
• This is what the Land Ordinance of
1785 provided.
• What is that it allowed settlers and investors to
by land that was public before this time?
Important people for 100
• A farmers rebellion was named
after him.
• Who was Daniel Shays?
Important People for 200
• The president of the Constitutional
Convention.
• Who was George Washington?
Important People for 300
• This person took notes on the
convention and were later published
after his death.
• Who was James Madison?
Important People for 400
• Known for his Great
Compromise.
• Who was Roger Sherman?
Important People for 500
• Believed in a strong national government,
and was the youngest of the Federalists
that were responsible for writing the
Federalist Papers.
• Who was Alexander
Hamilton?
Vocabulary for 100
• Protects basic liberties of
citizens.
• What is a bill of rights?
Vocabulary for 200
• To approve a document.
• What is to ratify?
Vocabulary for 300
• The rules under which a government
will operate.
Daily Double!
• What is a constitution?
Vocabulary for 400
• An agreement in which each side
gives up some demands.
• What is to compromise?
Vocabulary for 500
• Established a system for
governing new territories.
• What was the Northwest
Ordinance?
The Amendments for 100
• What the first ten amendments to
the Constitution are usually called.
• What are the Bill of Rights?
The Amendments for 200
• This is how the Bill of Rights became
part of the Constitution.
• What was that it was added through
the amendment process?
The Amendments for 300
• This is the freedom that the Second
Amendment to the Constitution
provides.
• What is the right to bear arms?
The Amendments for 400
• This amendment prevents the
government from using our homes as a
place to keep soldiers.
• What is the 3rd Amendment?
The Amendments for 500
• These are the five freedoms guaranteed
in The First Amendment.
• What are freedom of speech, religion,
press, assembly, and to petition?
Name that Plan for 100
• Plan that wanted a two house
legialature.
• What was the Virginia Plan?
Name that Plan for 200
• Plan that was liked best by the
smaller populated states.
• What was the New Jersey Plan?
Name that Plan for 300
• Plan that supported that seats be awarded
by population.
• What was the Virginia Plan?
Name that Plan for 400
•Plan that believed that there should be
only a one house legislature.
• What was the New Jersey Plan?
Name that Plan for 500
• Plan that took both the ideas of the larger and
the smaller populated states on the issue of the
legislature and combined them together.
• What was the Great Compromise?
This is Final Jeopardy!!!!
• Explain how ratification of the Constitution was threatened
by disagreements between the Federalists and the
Antifederalists. Define the position of each side, and explain
how the differences were resolved.
Possible Answers
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Federalists were for the Constitution and a strong central government.
They thought that the Constitution took care of all of the weaknesses that
had existed in the Articles of Confederation.
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Antifederalists were opposed to the Constitution for three main reasons :
1. They thought the President would become “kinglike”.
2. They felt the states would have less power and be weakened by it.
3. The Constitution did not guarantee peoples individual rights and liberties
without a Bill of Rights added.