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Articles of Confederation

The Constitution

Constitution 2 Misc. 1 Misc. 2 Vocabulary

Final Question

How did the magna carta influence our founding

documents?

A 100

Gave us the idea of protecting people accused of crimes

(King John and Rebel Barons)

A 100

What was the main weakness of the AOC?

A 200

National Government was too weak and the states were too

strong

A 200

Which political philosopher had the greatest impact on the way power was divided up in

the AOC?

A 300

John Locke, the founding fathers believed in his

philosophy that man would naturally join together and do

the right thing.

A 300

How did Shay’s Rebellion prove that the AOC was not

going to work out?

A 400

State governments demanded debt repayment from farmers, farmers

hadn’t been paid for military service and the economy was bad, farmers

tried to appeal democratically to the state for leniency, state refused,

farmers rebelled, national government couldn’t do anything and it took months to put down the rebellion

A 400

When were the AOC written, ratified and replaced?

A 500

1777 written, ratified 1781,

replaced 1788

A 500

Name 2 ways in which the Iroquois Confederacy

inspired the Constitution

B 100

-Representative government that unites separate entities but they retain sovereignty

-Citizens can vote in reps and vote them out

-A military pact to protect the smaller entities

B 100

What was the argument between Federalists and Anti-

Federalists about?

B 200

-The size and scope of government

-Whether or not the Constitution alone did

enough to protect citizens

B 200

Describe the Great Compromise

B 300

Solved the dilemma of large and small state representation with a bicameral legislature

B 300

Which branch of government gets to do the following:

-Impeach officials

-Nominate supreme court justices

-Create laws

-Rule laws and actions unconstitutional

-Control how money is spent

B 400

B 400

Legislative

- Create laws

- Control how money is spent

- Impeach officials

Executive

-Nominate supreme court justices

Judicial

-Rule laws and actions unconstitutional

What are the 2 ways the constitution can be changed? Be sure to describe how these

occur.

B 500

Formal: Propose and ratify

2/3 of congress or 2/3 of state conventions called by congress

Ratified by ¾ of congress or ¾ of state conventions

Changes the words of the document

Informal

Supreme court rules on a case and changes how we think

B 500

How did Thomas Hobbes influence our founding

fathers when writing the Constitution?

C 100

The states had abused power under the Articles and it was

obvious they needed a stronger central government

to make them behave.

C 100

Describe the 3/5 Compromise

C 200

Solved the dilemma between slave holding and non slave

holding states and representation in the house. Slaves counted as 3/5 of a

person.

C 200

When was the Constitution written and ratified?

C 300

Written 1787, ratified 1788

C 300

How is representation for the Electoral College decided and what

does the EC do?

*bonus – how many does WI have?

C 400

# of representatives in the House + 2 Senators = # of electoral college votes

Officially elects the president

* 10

C 400

Distinguish between New, Dual, and Cooperative

Federalism

C 500

Dual: very defined jobs for state and national

Cooperative: the jobs mix

New: desire to return power to the states

C 500

How do Categorical Grants and Block Grants fit into

federalism?

D 100

Categorical grants have many conditions and allow for more

national control

Block grants have fewer and allow for greater state control

D 100

What are Delegated Powers?

D 200

Powers of the national government written down in

the Constitution

D 200

What are reserved powers?

D 300

Powers given to the states not national government

D 300

What are concurrent powers?

D 400

Powers shared between the states and national

government

D 400

When did the Revolutionary war begin and end?

D 500

1775-1783

D 500

When two laws come into conflict at the state and

national level, which law prevails and why?

E 100

National, Supremacy Clause

E 100

Define Federalism

E 200

Power shared between the LEVELS of Government

E 200

Define Checks and Balances

E 300

How power is balanced between the 3 branches of government so no branch

becomes to powerful

E 300

How is the government’s approach to corporal punishment is an example of

what?

E 400

Informal change to the Constituion based on a

supreme court ruling in 1977

E 400

Describe how the government’s approach to the

legal drinking age is an example of federalism.

E 500

National government will withhold highway funds from states that do not set the legal

drinking age at 21

E 500

Define State of Nature

F 100

Where there are no rules to tell people how to act

F 100

Define ratify

F 200

To accept and make legal

F 200

Define Social Contract

F 300

When the people agree to give up a little freedom to have their rights protected

F 300

Define the Necessary and Proper Clause

F 400

Congress may create all rules that are necessary and proper in

order to carry out their enumerated/delegated powers

F 400

What are the 3 branches of government

What positions make up the 3 branches

What articles in the Constitution talk about the 3

branches?F 500

Judicial, Legislative, Executive

Supreme Court, Congress, President

Articles I-III

F 500

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Amendments

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1. F 1st Amendment2. D 2nd Amendment3. E 3rd Amendment4. B 4th Amendment5. C 5th Amendment6. H 6th Amendment7. I 7th Amendment8. G 8th Amendment9. J 9th Amendment10.A 10th Amendment

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