1. U NIT 4 Day 18: Constitution Principles

2. Q UIZ ! 1. “Big State” plan where legislature would have 2 houses with representation based on population in the states. 2. “Small State” plan where legislature would have one house based on equal representation from the states. 3. Name 1 of the compromises (name it!) made during the writing of the constitution. 4. What was the name of meeting called where the framers got together to write the Constitution? 5. Name 1 writer of the federalist papers. 6. Why did anti-federalists oppose the Constitution? 7. Name 1 purpose of our government listed in the preamble. 8. What does Article V talk about? 9. What does Article III discuss? 10. Name 1 clause found in our US Constitution.

3. C ONSTITUTION S CAVENGER H UNT Go to my website and work on the Constitution Scavenger Hunt. Use the Civics and Economics books to access the Constitution.

4. Q UESTIONS OF THE D AY 1. Analyze the connection between colonial conflict and the major principles of the U.S. Constitution. 2. Analyze the major philosophical theories that influenced America’s political documents? 3. What principles are considered fundamental to America’s constitutional democracy. 4. How does the system of checks and balances limit the power of government officials? 5. How is the idea of a limited government promoted in the U.S. Constitution?

5. QOD C ONTINUED 6. Define federalism. Discuss why the framers of the Constitution wanted to create a federalist system. 7. In what ways might the U.S. be different today if the Constitution had not provided for a federalist, limited government? 8. Analyze and evaluate America’s decision to create a federalist system of government. 9. Describe and analyze the distribution of power in the federalist system, including the reasons for assigning enumerated, reserved, and concurrent powers

6. W HY WAS IT WRITTEN ? After the Revolutionary War, the Articles of Confederation made fed govt weak: No separation of powers – only unicameral legislature. Weak central government – states had most power. Congress did not have the power to tax – this means they could not get their finances in order.

7. M ORE PROBLEMS WITH THE A RTICLES OF C ONFEDERATION : In order to change the Articles, all 13 states had to approve of the changes…essentially impossible to make any changes. For any major laws to pass they had to be approved by 9 or the 13 states (difficult). Congress did not have the power to regulate commerce  competition btwn states. caused diplomatic issues when states refused to pay for goods they received from other nations.

8. L AST S TRAW … Shays’ Rebellion: An uprising of farmers in Massachusetts – led by Daniel Shays. Helped convince leaders that a strong central government was needed.

9. W HAT ARE THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE C ONSTITUTION ? Popular Sovereignty Government power resides in the people Limited government Government is not all powerful, can only do what the people let it. Separation of Powers Helps prevent one branch from becoming too powerful Checks and Balances Federalism Division of power among national and state governments

10. L IST C OLONIAL C ONFLICTS THAT INFLUENCED M AJOR P RINCIPLES OF THE US C ONSTITUTION

11. T HE E LECTORAL C OLLEGE Delegates disagreed on whether Congress or the voters should choose the president. The solution was the Electoral College, a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president. Today, the voters in each state, not the legislators, choose electors.

12. P OWERS : Enumerated/Delegated Reserved Concurrent

13. H OW IS G OVERNMENT L IMITED ?

14. D RAW A P ICTURE THAT I LLUSTRATES “C HECKS AND B ALANCES ” IN G OV ’ T