The Constitution and Founding Fathers - Page 2
Questions
- Where did legislators' ideas for the Bill of Rights come from?
- What was the overall message of the Gettysburg address?
- Why do you think Alexander Hamilton wanted to pay back the bonds from the confederation government?
- Why was the publication of "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine so important?
- How many branches of government were organized under the Articles of Confederation?
- Why did Hamilton want to create a national bank?
- Who was the second President of the United States?
- What branch of government gave Jefferson trouble?
- What is the Amendment Process?
- Where did the Second Continental Congress first meet in?
- What actions did the First and Second Continental Congresses take?
- How can the Constitution be amended?
- Alexis DeTocqueville argued that Americans in the 1830s believed that “there is more intelligence and wisdom in a number of men united than in a single individual.” Why did Americans believe this?
- Further amending the Constitution through the use of presidential powers is what?
- What did the Framers add to the U.S. Constitution that showed the importance they placed on a free press?
- Why was George Washington's job as commander of the Continental Army difficult?
- Why were people concerned about Kennedy being Catholic?
- What decisions did Washington and the first Congress have to make about the new government?
- Who enforced national laws during the period of the Articles of Confederation?
- What departments did Washington create and whom did he appoint to head them?