1. Review Unit 6 – New Government Do Now: List topics to review for test…

2. Review Topics 1. Articles of Confederation 2. Problems at Constitutional Convention with Solutions 3. Federalism 4. Separation of Powers 5. Checks and Balances 6. Bill of Rights 7. How a presidents is elected (Electoral College)

3. Created a league of free and independent states

4. Articles of Confederation

5. Reason Articles of Confederation established a weak central government

6. Fear of a tyranny or unlimited government

7. Major problem at Constitutional Convention in 1787

8. Disagreement over representation in Congress

9. Under federalism, who has power to provide for education

10. states

11. Purpose of Bill of Rights

12. Protect people from abuse of government

13. Plan of government from 1781 - 1789

14. Articles of Confederation

15. Reason Articles of Confederation failed

16. Did not have enough power to be effective

17. What made trade difficult under the Articles of Confederation

18. Different trade laws

19. Reason Shay’s Rebellion was important

20. Proved Articles of Confederation were weak

21. Established a plan to establish schools in the Northwest Territory

22. Land Ordinance of 1785

23. Established a system of creating new states in the Northwest Territory

24. Land Ordinance of 1787

25. Reason Constitutional Convention took place

26. To revise the Articles of Confederation

27. Father of the Constition

28. James Madison

29. Main issue of the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan

30. Determine represenatation in a federal legislature

31. Importance of the Great Compromise

32. Determine representation in Congress

33. Argument that lead to 3/5 th ’s Compromise

34. Slaves and reprensentation

35. Plan for electing a president due fear that people could no do it wisely

36. Electoral College

37. Who appoints judges to the US Supreme Court

38. President

39. Determines number of electors a state has….

40. Number of members it has in the House and Senate (Congress)