First Five Presidents and Bill of Rights

What is the Bill of Rights?

• An addition to Articles of Confederation

• First 10 amendments of the Constitution meant to protect individual rights

• The name for all the amendments to the Constitution

• A bill that never got passed by Congress so it never became a law

Which word means to accept?

• Article

• Amendment

• Confederacy

• Ratify

Which word means “official changes, corrections, or additions”?

• Amendment

• Ratify

• Rights

• Article

Identify the TWO groups that argued about ratifying the Constitution.

• Anti-Federalists

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Federalists

How many amendments are included in the Bill of Rights?

• 1

• 5

• 27

• 10

When it came to the ratification process, what argument divided the states and American citizens?

• Support Britain or not

• Stronger national government vs. weak national government

• Creating a democracy vs. creating a monarchy

• Independence vs. staying a colony of Britain

What did the Anti-Federalists want before agreeing to ratify the Constitution?

• Creating a stronger national government

• Wanting George Washington to become king

• Wanted to add amendments to protect individual and state rights (Bill of Rights)

• Did not want any changes to the Constitution

Which man is responsible for creating the Bill of Rights?

• George Washington

• Ben Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

Identify ALL that are the branches of the United States national government

• Federalism

• Judicial

• Executive

• Legislative

• Separation of Powers

True or False. Congress leads the Executive Branch.

• True

• False