3 rd 6 Weeks Test Review Government

Articles of Confederation 1. Explain the Northwest Ordinance, and give examples of which states it created. 2. Give examples about the type of government the Articles of Confederation created. 3. What were weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? Created a way for new states to be admitted to the Union. An example state that was admitted using this ordinance is Kansas. Explained that the National government could finance war, but not collect taxes. National government could negotiate treaties, No executive to make sure that he/she does not become too powerful State governments had too much power, and the national government did not have enough

Articles of Confederation 4. How did the big states feel when everyone got only one vote in congress under the Articles of Confederation? 5. Why did the Articles of Confederation fail? They thought it was unfair. Since they had a larger population, they should get more votes. It did not have a strong enough national government and the Constitutional Convention wanted to create a national government with more power.

Constitutional Convention 6. What was a major cause of the Constitutional Convention? 7. What was the major difference between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution? Shay’s Rebellion Articles gave more power to the states, where as the Constitution gave more power to the Federal Government

Constitutional Convention 8. Explain the Virginia Plan. 9. Explain the New Jersey Plan. 10. Draw a diagram of the Great Compromise: Base representation on population for the legislative branch Every state gets 1 representative (equal representation) in Leg. Branch

Constitutional Convention 11. Texas today has 33 representatives in the House of Representatives and 2 senators in the Senate. Total, Texas has 35 Representatives. How does this help explain the Great Compromise? The number in the House of Representatives (33) is determined by the population size. The number in the Senate (2) is the same for every state. The great compromise says we get 33 (House of Rep.) + 2 (Senate) = 35 Representatives total

Constitutional Convention 12. Explain the difference between the Federalists and the Anti- Federalists. 13. Was Patrick Henry a Federalists or Anti-Federalist? Federalists: Want strong national government and support the Constitution Anti-Federalists: Want strong state governments, want the Bill of Rights in order to ratify the Constitution Anti-Federalists, and did not support the Constitution

Constitutional Convention 13. Why did George Mason, an Anti-Federalist, want a Bill of Rights added to the Constitution? 14. What did the North want and what did the South want in the 3/5 Compromise? 15. What year was the Constitution written? To make sure that people’s individual liberties (freedoms) are being protected North: Did not want the slave to count South: Wanted the slaves to count in population so they could have more representatives in government

Constitutional Convention 15. What year was the Constitution written? 1787

Principles of the Constitution Separation of Powers: Creation of 3 branches Checks and Balances: Each branch checks on another branch to make sure one does not become too powerful Popular Sovereignty: People have the final authority in government; voting Individual Rights: Unalienable rights listed in the Bill of Rights Federalism: Division and sharing of powers between state and national gov’t Limited Government: Constitution lists power of government Republicanism: Electing representatives to serve at the will of the people.

Principles of the Constitution 24. Explain the phrase “We the People” in the Constitution.. Power of the government comes from the people

Bill of Rights 25. Explain how the Bill of Rights addressed these issues in the Declaration of Independence. 26. Explain the First Amendment. 27. Which Amendment establishes the idea of Federalism? Issue in Declaration of Independence Addressed in Bill of Rights “For quartering large bodies of troops among us” Amendment 3 – No quartering of soldiers in private homes Freedom of speech, religion, assembly, petition, and ___? Amendment 10