constitution

Question 1

What was put into the constitution to allow for the changing needs of society?

Answer 1

The elastic clause. Amendments and Implied Powers Clause. Congress can make all laws that they deem necessary and proper.

Question 2

What are Natural Rights?

Answer 2

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

Question 3

What part of the Constitution gives power to the people?

Answer 3

Preamble (we the people)

Question 4

What was the purpose of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense?

Answer 4

To convince the colonists to break away from England.

Question 5

What exposed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

Answer 5

Shays Rebellion exposed the weaknesses of the AOC of being unable to raise an army (and tax).

Question 6

What are some early forms of representative governments?

Answer 6

Virginia House of Burgesses, Mayflower Compact, and town hall meetings

Question 7

What was the proclamation line of 1763?

Answer 7

Stated colonists had to stay east of the Appalachian Mts in order to avoid conflict with the Native Americans.

Question 8

Why did the colonists boycott British goods?

Answer 8

To rebel against the unfair taxes placed on them by Britain

Question 9

What is Mercantilism?

Answer 9

Colonies exist to benefit the mother country by providing raw materials which the Mother Country turns into manufactured good and then resells the products to the colonies.

Question 10

How has the Declaration of Independence influenced other countries?

Answer 10

It has provided a framework for countries seeking independence from unjust governments.

Question 11

Where did the Articles of Confederation place all the power? Why?

Answer 11

The state governments because the people feared a strong central government.

Question 12

Why did the writers of the Constitution decide to give congress the power to tax?

Answer 12

In order to correct a weakness under the Articles of Confederation.

Question 13

What was Great Compromise? NJ Plan? Virginia Plan?

Answer 13

It was a compromise between large and small states in regards to taxation and representation. NJ Plan was for the small states and gave everyone an equal number of representatives (2) and created the senate. The VA plan was for large states and based representation on population leading to the House of Reps.

Question 14

What is a bicameral legislature?

Answer 14

A two chamber government, known as congress and is seen in the Legislative branch.

Question 15

What are the Constitutional Compromises?

Answer 15

The Great Compromise, the ⅗ compromise, The bill of rights, slavery, electoral college.

Question 16

Who are the Federalists? Who are the Anti-Federalists?

Answer 16

Federalists- Support a strong central government and want to ratify the Constitution
Anti-Federalists- Fear a strong central government and want to protect individual liberties. They are against the ratification of the Constitution. Only agree to constitution after the Bill of Rights is added

Question 17

What protects our individual liberties in the Constitution?

Answer 17

The Bill of Rights

Question 18

What is Federalism?

Answer 18

Also known as the the Federal System, it is the separate and shared powers between the Federal and State Governments.

Question 19

What is the House of Reps and how are representatives decided?

Answer 19

A representative body in our Legislative branch which is decided by a states population.

Question 20

What is separation of powers?

Answer 20

It is where each branch has a specific role in our government. Prevents any branch from getting too powerful. Legislative- Writes Laws, Executive-Enforces Laws, Judicial-interprets laws and rules them constitutional or unconstitutional.

Question 21

What is checks and balances?

Answer 21

Prevents any one branch from becoming too powerful by allowing the other branches to stop the progress of the other two by “checking” them. An example would be a Presidential Veto on a law passed by congress. Or the legislative branch impreaching the president.

Question 22

Presidential Election/Electoral College:

Answer 22

We vote for the elcectors and they vote for the president. They are afraid people would be tricked.

Question 23

Slavery:

Answer 23

The south was aloud to have slaves because they had more to land to grow crops, but the north didnt find a reason for it. Because agriculture wasn’t the norths speciality.

Question 24

3/5th Compromise:

Answer 24

Was when the bigger southern states wanted more say in the government because they have more people in there state. But the smaller northern states didnt agree because they saw the slaves as property not as people. So they came to the agreement that for every 5 slaves they would count as 3 people.

Question 25

Bill of Rights:

Answer 25

The Bill of rights was put in play to get the AntiFederalists to agree to the Constiution.