Making of the Constitution

Let’s Review the Categories…

Constitutional Convention Ratification Separation of Powers Principles of the Constitution Important PeopleGrab Bag

Constitu- tional Convention Separation of Powers Ratifica- tion PrinciplesGrab Bag Important People $200 $400 $600 $800 $1,000

Constitutional Convention (200) In what city was the Constitutional Convention held in 1787?

Constitutional Convention (400) Why were delegates so divided in 1787?(this division led to the great compromise)

Constitutional Convention (600) What was the other big Compromise made regarding slaves at this convention?

Constitutional Convention (800) Who was a major influence at the Convention, well prepared, he took notes, spoke more than 200 times and is known as the “Father of the Constitution?”

Constitutional Convention (1000) What goals were set up for the Constitution? (Think of first sentence of Constitution, 6 goals)

Separation of Powers (200) What branch of government is covered by Article 2?

Separation of Powers (400) Which branch of government interprets laws?

Separation of Powers (600) Who can declare executive acts unconstitutional?

Separation of Powers (800) What is a federal system?

Separation of Powers(1000) What word is defined by authority shared and distributed between state and federal governments?

Important People (200) This man wrote the Bill of Rights.

Important People (1000) Name the three authors of the Federalist Papers.

Important People (600) Who came up with the Great compromise at the Constitutional Convention?

Important People (800) What philosopher developed the division of power theory utilized by the framers of our Constitution?

Important People (400) This famous American, around since before the American Revolution, thought the government had too much power under the Constitution so he was an anti-federalist and once cried, “Give me liberty or give me death.”

Ratification (200) Supporters of the Constitution were called __________.

Ratification (400) What was the main reason anti federalists opposed the Constitution?

Ratification (600) What was needed to approve or ratify the Constitution?

Ratification (800) Name the first state and the last to ratify the new Constitution.

Ratification (1000) Since the Constitution is a living document, what exactly does that mean?

Principles (200) Government can do only what the people say it can do is the principle of _______________.

Principles (400) The principle where each branch of the national government is able to check power of other branches is ________.

Principles (600) Why are there two parts of Congress?

Principles (800) The principle whereby power is divided between the 3 branches of the national government is __________.

Principles (1000) What is the system called in which the Constitution creates a two part national legislature.

Grab Bag (200) Why did Americans want natural rights that belonged to all people written into the Constitution?

Grab Bag (400) Any powers not given to the federal government in the Constitution belongs to ____________.

Grab Bag (600) What are the Bill of Rights exactly?

Grab Bag (800) Name one check on the Courts within our government branches.(what can another branch do?

Grab Bag (1000) Define federalism.