1. Review- Standards 1.4-1-7 Test is Thursday Please study. Go over your notes, puzzles and everything

2. 1. Who wrote the D/I? When Thomas Jefferson July 4, 1776

3. Who wrote the Constitution? When ? The Founding Fathers at the Constitutional Convention 1787 Washington- Chairman Hamilton Madison Franklin And many others

4. Who wrote the Virginia Plan? James Madison of Virginia

5. Who favored the Virginia Plan and why? The Large States like Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York The Virginia Plan created a Legislative Branch ( Congress) that was based on Population. That would allow the large states to run the Country

6. Who favored the New Jersey Plan? Why? The small states. This plan provided for equal representation in Congress. That meant that all states would equal regardless of size They Compromised “ The Great Compromise “ House of Representatives is based on Population and the Senate has equal representation

7. What is Federalism Powers of government are divided between the Federal Government ( Washing ton) and the 50 state governments. Do not get this mixed up with Separation of Powers

8. 7. Separation of Powers The powers of our Federal Government is divided among three branches 1. Executive 2. Legislative 3. Judicial This prevents one branch from having too much power.

9. 8, 9, 10 Who does what? Executive- ? Legislative-? Judicial?

10. 11. What is Judicial Review ( Really Important) Judicial Review- The power of the Supreme Court to rule laws passed by Congress and the President to be Unconstitutional. That means the law is no longer a law. This is part of the concept of Checks and Balances. The case was called Marbury v. Madison

11. 12. Federalist Papers Written by Hamilton and Madison. The purpose was to convince and persuade Virginia and New York to ratify the Constitution. Hamilton and Madison were Federalist- Supported the Constitution

12. 13. Who declares war? Congress 14. Requirement to be a Supreme Court Justice- There are none. You must maintain good behavior. 15. What are the two houses of Congress- Bicameral House of Representatives- Population Senate- Equal (2) per state

13. What is sovereign? Sovereign means final authority- ex. The United States Government( Constitution) is sovereign over the states. Ex: The United States is a Sovereign nation

14. 17. Limited Government The power of our government is limited by law. Power is limited by the Constitution 18. Checks and Balances- Because of Separation of Powers each branch looks over the power of each branch so that no branch get more powerful than the others

15. 19. Congress is the _________ Branch. 20. The President is the ____________________ Branch. The Supreme Court is the _______________ Branch.

16. 21. The Doctrine of Nullification A theory that an individual state could refuse to obey a law passed by Congress ( US Government) Southern States believed this before the Civil War. Some thought the State was sovereign.

17. 22. President’s Cabinet Presidential Advisors 15 Cabinet Positions today George Washington had 4 Secretary Of State- Foreign affairs-Jefferson Secretary of the Treasury- Hamilton Secretary of War- Henry Knox Attorney General

18. 23. Supreme Law of the Land The ___________________________ ? 24. Who was sovereign under the Articles of Confederation? ______________ 25. Who is sovereign under the US Constitution ________________ 25. Democracy gets its power from the ______________________

19. 26. Republicanism Indirect democracy where citizens elect people to represent them in government. Think about the Pledge of Allegiance 27. 13 28. Three fourths of all the states must ratify new amendments ( 38)

20. 29. Great COmpromise Created the United States Congress Bicameral Congress- Two Parts Put together the Virginia and New Jersey Plan Saved the Constitutional Convention

21. 30. Shays Rebellion 1786 Daniel Shays led a rebellion over taxes in Massachusetts The Government under the A/C was too weak to put it down Illustrated the weakness of our government and why we needed a new constitution. 31. Whiskey Rebellion- 1790- Farmers rebelled over a tax on Whiskey. The new government led by GW put down the rebellion- Shows the power of the government under the COnstitution

22. 32. Three-Fifths Compromise Slaves would be counted as 3/5s of a person when determining a state’s population. 33. a States two senators were chosen by the State Government. Today they are elected by the people. 34. House of Representatives 35. _________________________________

23. 36. How many states required to ratify the Constitution? _______________ 37- Ratify- To accept.

24. 38.And 41 Why did the A/C Fail? National Government was too weak Congress could not tax NO Chief Executive No Supreme Court States kept to much power It was bad

25. 39 and 40. Northwest Ordinance A success under the A/C Gave us a method by which to add new states. Also created Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin Slavery was banned from these States Negotiated the Treaty of Paris that ended the American an Revolution

26. 42- Who cares 43.Pary that supported a strong central govt? _________________ 44. _____________ 45. _____________ 46. ______________ 47. ______________ 48. ______________ 49.________________ 50.___________________

27. 51. _________________ 52.___________________________ 53. Who cares

28. 54. First two political Parties Federalist and Democratic-Republican 55. Leading Federalist ________????? 56. Leading Democratic Republican ????? _________________ 57. ______________ 58 Not today

29. 59. Party that wanted a national bank ________ 60. Party that wanted industrial development ? ________ 61. Party that supported farmers? _________________ 62. Political Platform- What the Party says they will do if elected. (What is Trump’s Platform ?) 63. Federalist 64. Anti-Federalist