DO NOW 5.2

• The Mayflower Compact
• The Articles of Confederation
• The Declaration of Independence
•  The Constitution 

• Individual rights
• Popular sovereignty
• Checks and balances 
• Federalism 

• keep the war between France and Spain from spreading to Latin America
• encourage European powers to invest in Latin America 
• deter Spain from inciting revolution in former U.S. colonies
• prevent further European colonization in the Western Hemisphere 

In the debate over the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, which point would have been made by a Federalist? 

• “The states are unable to protect the rights of the people.”
• “The existing national government lacks the power to perform essential functions.”
• “The states are in danger of losing the ability to raise revenue.”
• “The existing national government lacks the ability to add new states to the union.” 

Which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence best explains why colonists were unhappy about their lack of representation in the British parliament?

• “For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences.”
• “He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.” 
• “For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent.” 
• “He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people.”

Which of these prompted Congress to propose the Fourteenth Amendment? 

• The opposition by southern states to the Emancipation Proclamation
• The Black Codes enacted by southern states after the Civil War
• The positions taken in the Know-Nothing Party platform 
• The popular sovereignty provision in the Kansas-Nebraska Act