7th Grade - Group Game

GROUP GAME

Directions: Students are to gather into groups of 4 or 5. Each group will take turns answering the questions below, in one minute timed segments. If one group doesn’t get the answer one, the questions can be answered by the following group. The group with the most points wins!

Q1 – HOW MANY STATES ADOPTED THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION?

Q2 – WHAT WAS ONE STRENGTH OF THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION?

Q3 – WHAT WAS ONE WEAKNESS OF THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION? (GIVE AN EXAMPLE)

Q4 – WHAT DID THE FOUNDING FATHERS DO WHEN THEY REALIZED THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION DID NOT WORK?

Q5 – WHAT WERE TWO OF THE COMPROMISES REACHED AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION ABOUT? P. 30

Q6 – DESCRIBE THE GREAT COMPROMISE. P30

Q7 – DESCRIBE THE 3/5 COMPROMISE. P 30

Q8 – WHAT DOES THE WORD RATIFY MEAN? P30

Q9 – WHY WAS THE NEW GOVERNMENT ACCEPTED? P31

Q10 – WHY WASN’T A STRONG CENTRAL GOVERNMENT FEARED THIS TIME? P. 31 (BRANCHES)

Q11 – WHY DID SOME PEOPLE FEAR A NEW STRONG CENTRAL GOVERNMENT? P. 31

Q12 – HOW MANY STATES VOTED TO ACCEPT THE CONSTITUTION BY 1788? P. 31

Q13 – WHO WAS INAUGURATED AS PRESIDENT IN 1789? P.31