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Articles of Confederation
The Constitution
Constitution 2 Misc. 1 Misc. 2 Vocabulary
Final Question
How did the magna carta influence our founding
documents?
A 100
Gave us the idea of protecting people accused of crimes
(King John and Rebel Barons)
A 100
What was the main weakness of the AOC?
A 200
National Government was too weak and the states were too
strong
A 200
Which political philosopher had the greatest impact on the way power was divided up in
the AOC?
A 300
John Locke, the founding fathers believed in his
philosophy that man would naturally join together and do
the right thing.
A 300
How did Shay’s Rebellion prove that the AOC was not
going to work out?
A 400
State governments demanded debt repayment from farmers, farmers
hadn’t been paid for military service and the economy was bad, farmers
tried to appeal democratically to the state for leniency, state refused,
farmers rebelled, national government couldn’t do anything and it took months to put down the rebellion
A 400
When were the AOC written, ratified and replaced?
A 500
1777 written, ratified 1781,
replaced 1788
A 500
Name 2 ways in which the Iroquois Confederacy
inspired the Constitution
B 100
-Representative government that unites separate entities but they retain sovereignty
-Citizens can vote in reps and vote them out
-A military pact to protect the smaller entities
B 100
What was the argument between Federalists and Anti-
Federalists about?
B 200
-The size and scope of government
-Whether or not the Constitution alone did
enough to protect citizens
B 200
Describe the Great Compromise
B 300
Solved the dilemma of large and small state representation with a bicameral legislature
B 300
Which branch of government gets to do the following:
-Impeach officials
-Nominate supreme court justices
-Create laws
-Rule laws and actions unconstitutional
-Control how money is spent
B 400
B 400
Legislative
- Create laws
- Control how money is spent
- Impeach officials
Executive
-Nominate supreme court justices
Judicial
-Rule laws and actions unconstitutional
What are the 2 ways the constitution can be changed? Be sure to describe how these
occur.
B 500
Formal: Propose and ratify
2/3 of congress or 2/3 of state conventions called by congress
Ratified by ¾ of congress or ¾ of state conventions
Changes the words of the document
Informal
Supreme court rules on a case and changes how we think
B 500
How did Thomas Hobbes influence our founding
fathers when writing the Constitution?
C 100
The states had abused power under the Articles and it was
obvious they needed a stronger central government
to make them behave.
C 100
Describe the 3/5 Compromise
C 200
Solved the dilemma between slave holding and non slave
holding states and representation in the house. Slaves counted as 3/5 of a
person.
C 200
When was the Constitution written and ratified?
C 300
Written 1787, ratified 1788
C 300
How is representation for the Electoral College decided and what
does the EC do?
*bonus – how many does WI have?
C 400
# of representatives in the House + 2 Senators = # of electoral college votes
Officially elects the president
* 10
C 400
Distinguish between New, Dual, and Cooperative
Federalism
C 500
Dual: very defined jobs for state and national
Cooperative: the jobs mix
New: desire to return power to the states
C 500
How do Categorical Grants and Block Grants fit into
federalism?
D 100
Categorical grants have many conditions and allow for more
national control
Block grants have fewer and allow for greater state control
D 100
What are Delegated Powers?
D 200
Powers of the national government written down in
the Constitution
D 200
What are reserved powers?
D 300
Powers given to the states not national government
D 300
What are concurrent powers?
D 400
Powers shared between the states and national
government
D 400
When did the Revolutionary war begin and end?
D 500
1775-1783
D 500
When two laws come into conflict at the state and
national level, which law prevails and why?
E 100
National, Supremacy Clause
E 100
Define Federalism
E 200
Power shared between the LEVELS of Government
E 200
Define Checks and Balances
E 300
How power is balanced between the 3 branches of government so no branch
becomes to powerful
E 300
How is the government’s approach to corporal punishment is an example of
what?
E 400
Informal change to the Constituion based on a
supreme court ruling in 1977
E 400
Describe how the government’s approach to the
legal drinking age is an example of federalism.
E 500
National government will withhold highway funds from states that do not set the legal
drinking age at 21
E 500
Define State of Nature
F 100
Where there are no rules to tell people how to act
F 100
Define ratify
F 200
To accept and make legal
F 200
Define Social Contract
F 300
When the people agree to give up a little freedom to have their rights protected
F 300
Define the Necessary and Proper Clause
F 400
Congress may create all rules that are necessary and proper in
order to carry out their enumerated/delegated powers
F 400
What are the 3 branches of government
What positions make up the 3 branches
What articles in the Constitution talk about the 3
branches?F 500
Judicial, Legislative, Executive
Supreme Court, Congress, President
Articles I-III
F 500
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Amendments
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1. F 1st Amendment2. D 2nd Amendment3. E 3rd Amendment4. B 4th Amendment5. C 5th Amendment6. H 6th Amendment7. I 7th Amendment8. G 8th Amendment9. J 9th Amendment10.A 10th Amendment
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