Politics of the United States Questions

The first election under the new Constitution was held in 1789 and ______ was elected President and __________ was elected Vice President.

The Antifederalists biggest objection was that the Constitution did not have a ________.

Before the first amendment, was the Virginia Statute for _____. It was written by Thomas Jefferson and said, "No man shall be to frequent or support religious worship."

The first state to ratify the Constitution was ___ and Pennsylvania was the second state to ratify it.

Jefferson said that the first amendment built a wall of separation between _____ and state.

One of the strongest supporters of a bill of rights was ________ of Virginia and he wrote a pamphlet objecting to the ratification of the Constitution.

The first amendment also included freedom of _____, without fear of government punishment.

The Constitution was also based on the ______ thinkers who believed that people could improve society through the use of reason.

His idea is known as the __ __ and was designed so no one person or group could have too much power. He said three separate branches should be created.

Antifederalists thought that the federal government was too ______ and it gave the President too much power.

The _____ branch would interpret the law.

____ said, "As we say at sea, huzza for the new world and farewell to the old one!" He called the Constitution " the greatest single effort of national deliberation that the world has ever seen."

If a ruler violates the people's natural rights, the people have a right to ____.

James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay wrote a series of essays called the ___________.

______ of Virginia gave his support when the Federalists promised to add a bill of rights. Virginia voted to ratify the Constitution.

The _____ branch would carry out (enforce) the laws.

Another word for approve is to _________. The Constitution would go into effect when 9 out of 13 states approved it.

Federalists thought that under the Articles of Confederation the ____ had too much power. The government could not function.

It also stated that English nobles had the right to trial by jury, and right to private ____.

___ believed that all people had natural rights to life, liberty, and property. He also believed that government was an ____ between the ruler and ruled.