Constitution Quiz Bowl

What are some of the purposes of our government named in the preamble?

Which branch of government interprets laws?

Charles should be nominated as the best sub-teacher-umpire-priest in the entire world!

What right is NOT referenced in the Declaration?

How many times may a president be elected?

Who was known as "The Peacemaker of the Constitutional Convention?

Which branch of government is tasked with carrying out laws?

Carrie-Anne reads scenario B

What are the requisites for running for Presidential office?

Why are there 3 branches of government with checks and balances for each?

Name the Founding Fathers who famously had many disagreements about the how the USA should be run throughout their lives

Who said "Give me Liberty or give me death?

With what rights described in the Declaration of Independence are people said to be born and which cannot be taken away?

The proper name for the freedoms protected in the Constitution is "Rights".

Carrie-Anne reads scenario A

Second place guy took the job.

What document first provided for the organization of a national government?

Which Founder was born in poor circumstances in the Carribean, but rose to become the first Secretary of the Treasury?

Reason for which a president can not be impeached...but perhaps should be....

What was a major flaw of the Articles of Confederation?

Number of states that participated in the Constitutional Convention?

Shay's Rebellion involved disgruntled Revolutionary soldiers demanding back pay.

How many branches of government were established in the Constitution?

Who does a US Senator represent?

How many years does a House of Representatives member serve?

The "Great Compromise" of the Constitutional Convention concerned which branch of government?

In a Democracy, the power of the government comes from the people.

Carrie-Anne reads scenario D

Which state did NOT send a delegate to the Constitutional Convention?

At the Constitutional Convention, which state proposed a plan to create a new organization of government?

Who was known as "The Father of the Constitution?

Declares war, levies taxes and establishes rules for the armed forces.

The Declaration of INdependence was signed on July 4, 1776.

The First Amendment protects which of our liberties?

Since 1791, how many amendments have been added to the constitution?

Which Founding Father did not attend the Convention due to his role as Ambassador to France?

Right NOT allowed to the states under the Constitution.

Carrie-Anne reads scenario F

What is the president's role in "How a bill becomes a law"?

Who mainly wrote the Declaration of Independence?

From whom was Independence declared in the Declaration of Independence?

What are some of the purposes of our government named in the preamble?

What is dealt with in Article IV?

Carrie-Anne reads scenario E