The Preamble
What phrase in the Preamble of the Constitution refers to Peace within the country?
What is Domestic Tranquility?
Under the AOC, the national government did not have the power to collect _________
What are taxes?
What document did Federalists support?
The Constitution
What document did Anti-Federalists support?
The Articles of Confederation
What concept explains that no one is above the law and the law applies to everyone?
Rule of Law
What phrase in the Preamble of the Constitution refers to the security of all people?
What is Common Defense?
To amend or change the law, all 13 states had to be in unanimous approval, meaning everyone had to _________
What is agree?
Federalists wanted a _______ central government.
Strong
Why did the Anti-Federalists want a Bill of Rights (BOR)?
To protect people's rights and make sure the government wasn't too powerful
According to this concept, power has limits and no branch should have too much power.
Why was the phrase "We the people of the United States in order to form a more perfect union..." included in the Constitution?
To state the reason for writing the Constitution and who it was written for.
What event showed how weak the AOC was and how the government could not handle crises?
Shays' Rebellion
Federalists were against adding this into the Constitution; felt that the Constitution protected individual liberties.
Bill of Rights
Anti-Federalists believed power belongs in the hands of __________ governments.
State
This word means approving or to formally approve
Who was the Constitution written for?
Who are the citizens/people?
Weak, bad, and states
This item was written by Federalists and stated that they wanted a strong central government
What are the Federalist Papers?
This word or phrase refers to the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution, which guarantee basic individual rights
Bill of Rights