The US Constitution

What was wrong with the Articles of Confederation?

• It had many grammar errors

• It gave all of the power to the government

• It created a weak government

• It was incomplete

What is the difference between the federalists and the anti-federalists?

• Federalists supported the idea of giving more power to the government and the Anti-federalists supported the idea of giving more power to the state governments

• Anti- Federalists supported stronger central government and the Federalists supported stronger state governments

• Anti-Federalists wanted more power for the president and the Federalists wanted more power to the citizens

• Federalists believed in federalism which was when power is only given to one group, but the Anti-federalists wanted power to be equally divided.

Where are the seven basic principles of our government found?

• The Amendments

• The Articles

• The Bill of Rights

• The Preamble

What is popular sovereignty?

• The government has full control over the people

• The government is given it's power from it's own people

• People are not the only source of government's power.

• The governments power comes from the popular people

What is limited government

• The idea that government is all powerful and can't be limited.

• The government can only do those things that it feels like doing.

• The government is limited by the laws stated in that constitution.

• People are limited by the governments power

What is separation of power?

• The government is divided by the constitution into three groups. However the Executive group holds power over the Legislative and the Judicial

• The government is divided by the constitution into three groups, each accomplishing the same jobs.

• The government is divided into eight groups, each focusing on only one job.

• The government is divided into three groups to divide the powers and accomplish different jobs.

What is checks and balances

• It is a system in which the government is run by the balance of monetary exchange through checks.

• It is put in place to ensure that no branch becomes stronger than the other and to prevent the government from being run by one branch.

• It is put n place to ensure that no branch has any power and to maintain the difficulty of accomplishing certain tasks

• It is a system that monitors the work of each group and allows for the framers to stop a branch if it were to become too powerful.

What is the Judicial review

• It allows that court to judge the government and determine if the government is following with the constitution.

• It allows that government to have power over the court system and determine whether the courts are in compliance with the constitution.

• It allows the courts to have power over the government to maintain the balance of power.

• It allows the government to create laws that might bend the rules of the constitution as long as the courts approve.

What is federalism

• The idea of splitting political power between a large group and an even larger group.

• The idea of splitting political power between a large group and itself.

• The idea that political power is best when divided into smaller groups. That larger groups govern over the following smaller ruling systems.

• The idea that not political power is any more powerful that another.

What is the Bill of Rights?

• A list of amendments added to the constitution that ensures the undeniable rights of the people

• A list of amendments added to the constitution that ensures that rights of those governing the country.

• A list of amendments required by the federalists to ensure the growing powers of the government.

• A list of amendments required by the anti-federalists to ensure the rights of those accused of a crime.