Look at the pictures and read the captions on the first two pages (92-93). What do you predict we will learn in this chapter?
What does population mean? Why might it be unfair for each state to have one vote no matter the size of its population?
What is a constitution?
What is a legislature? What are the names of the two parts of our legislature (Congress)?
Did the government decide to count slaves as part of the population of each state? Give details.
Name two things the constitution gives the United States directions for.
What is the vocabulary word that means to make changes to the constitution? (Hint, look at the vocabulary box on the previous page).
Name two things about the life of George Washington that are new information to you.
How old was George Washington when he became president?
Why is George Washington called the "Father of our Country?"
Who became the second president of the United States?
Who worked to keep up the land, house, and property at Mount Vernon? What was one controversial part of George Washington's will?
What is James Madison's most well known accomplishment?
Write three things you learned about James Madison?
Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights? What Rights did it give Virginians?
Why did George Mason originally refuse to sign the U.S. Constitution?
What is the Bill of Rights?
Which amendment in the Bill of Rights feels most important to you? Explain why.
Name one more amendment in the bill of rights that you believe is important.
What state is Thomas Jefferson from?
What number president was Thomas Jefferson?
What country was he ambassador to?
What did the Louisiana purchase do?
What did Thomas Jefferson want to be remembered for?
Why was the transition of power between Adams and Jefferson monumental?
Why did many people leave Virginia in the 1800s? Where did those people go?
What part of the trip westward from Virginia was the most difficult to cross?
What often happened to enslaved blacks when Virginians migrated west?
What did Eli Whitney invent? WHat did his invention do?
