USH Unit 6 Review 1

Even though nine states has already approved the Constitution, it was still important for Virginia and New York to approve because...

• Eleven states were needed for the Constitution to take effect.

• As large and central states, the nation would be divided and doomed to fail if Virginia and New York did not join them.

• Important leaders were from these two states.

• The Bill of Rights would not be added until these two states joined.

Ratification of the U.S. Constitution took place by...

• the people voting on it themselves.

• the Congress elected under the Articles of Confederation.

• state legislatures.

• special conventions elected by the people in each state

Federalists liked the Constitution because...

• Federalists didn't believe in the Separation of Power.

• None - they didn't really like the Constitution at all!

• Federalists believed a stronger federal government was needed for the United States to succeed.

• Federalists didn't think individual rights were important.

New York and Virginia were important in the ratification of the Constitution because...

• They were the two largest populated states, and were needed to legitimize the Constitution.

• They had rebelled against the United States government.

• They voted against adopting the Constitution

• They were the first to ratify the Constitution.

This group thought the new Constitution took too much power away from the states and did not guarantee particular rights of the people.

• Anti-Federalists

• Federalists

• Republicans

• Whigs

What was probably the biggest fear the people had regarding the new Constitution?

• They feared the "unknown"

• It would replace the Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution would take too much power away from the states

• States would eventually fight a civil war over the change

People that supported the Constitution were called...

• Federalists

• Democrats

• Antifederalists

• Socialists

The Federalists...

• supported the division of the United States into 13 separate nations.

• feared that the Articles of Confederation could not keep the country united.

• opposed a strong central government.

• opposed the ratification of the Constitution.

Why did the Antifederalists think the Constitution was dangerous?

• It was not ratified by all of the colonies.

• It eliminated the federal government.

• It did not contain a Bill of Rights.

• It set up courts to settle cases.

What does the Bill of Rights do?

• It prevents the Constitution from being changed

• It gives the federal government total control.

• It limits the number of rights the people have.

• It protects important freedoms, such as speech and religion.