Vocab
What is the Bill of Rights?
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution
What was the AOC?
The first constitution of the U.S
Who favored the AOC?
Anti-Federalist
What did the 3/5 Compromise state?
A compromise agreement made by the Northern and Southern states that decided the enslaved population would be counted as 3/5 of a person for state representation (House of Representatives) and taxations
Who has the power to control commerce in the United States?
Congress
What is the idea that authority of the government comes from the people; the people have the power?
Popular Sovereignty
What event showcases how farmers felt about the AOC?
Shay's Rebellion
Who wrote under the pseudonym Publius?
Federalist
What plan was favored by the larger states?
Virginia Plan
True or False: The Bill of Rights was added after the finished Constitution
True
Document written in 1776 to declare separation from Great Britain
Declaration of Independence
What is the only branch of government under the AOC?
Legislative Branch
Name two pseudonym used by the Anti-Federalist for total points - one only gets you 150
Federal Farmer
Brutus
Cato
etc.
What plan proposed a unicameral legislature with multiple person executive and a supreme federal judiciary
New Jersey Plan
Define Federalism
A system of government where power is divided between a national and state governments
What is the written framework or manual for the structure and operation of a government?
Constitution
Write one strength and one weakness of the AOC?
Different responses
Name one Federalist and one Anti-Federalist for total points - 200 for only one
Multiple choices
What was the compromise that ended the representation debate? Define the compromise. (Do both for total points!)
Connecticut or Great Compromise: created a bicameral legislature. one chamber based on population (House) and the other based on equal representation (Senate)
What is a bicameral legislature? What is the example in the United States of a bicameral legislature? (need to answer both!)
Law-making body separated into two different chambers. Congress - Senate and House of Representatives
Define Due Process
Fair and just treatment for people under a government before their life, liberty, and property are at risk, found in 5th and 14th amendments
When was the AOC approved?
1781
What group pushed for the Bill of Rights because they felt the Constitution did not protect individual rights?
Anti-Federalist
What plan was the counter-proposal in the representation debate?
New Jersey Plan
How can changes be made to the Constitution?
Amendment Process