The Constitution Review

What was the purpose of the Articles of Confederation and why was it significant?

• States agree to join together to protect each other against any attacks against them. It was the first constitution in the United States of America

• First Government of England

• First Newspaper of the Colones

• Declaration of Independence

Describe the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation dealing with money.

• The colonist owed money to Great Britain for the War

• The colonist were rich

• Congress lacked the power to regulate or control trade with foreign countries

Describe the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation dealing with political power or voting.

• The right to vote for slaves

• The states delegated the power to collect taxes to pay for a standing army to the federal government.

• The right to vote for women

How did the Great or Connecticut Compromise solve the one-vote, one-state problem in the Articles of Confederation?

• The Senate will be based on representation

• The House of Representatives will be based on population and the Senate will have equal representation.

• The House will have equal representation

How did the Three-Fifths Compromise decrease sectional tensions between Northern and Southern States? T

• The compromise counted slaves as three-fifths of a free person for both representation and direct taxation

• It freed the slaves in the U.S.

• It gave slaves the right to vote in the U.S.

How did the Commerce Compromise involve the federal government in the slave trade?

• The compromise freed the slaves in The United States

• The compromise allowed the importation of slaves for a period of 20 years, until 1808.

. Explain how the concept of the social contract written about by John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau, influenced the writing of the U.S. Constitution.

• We the People…. (Popular Sovereignty)

• The social contact influenced Communism in the U.S.

• The social contract influenced the freeing of slaves

Describe the intentions of the Framers of the U.S. Constitution, stated in the Preamble

• It declared us free from Great Britain

• . It serves to explain the purpose and intentions of the U.S. Constitution

• It stated the intentions of George Washington

How did Montesquieu’s idea of “separation of powers” influence the writing of the U.S. Constitution?

• Three branches of government (legislative, executive, and judicial

• The separation of church and state

• The separation of the 13 colonies from Great Britain

Describe the duties of each branch of government outlined in the U.S. Constitution.

• Legislative Branch interprets laws,Judicial Branch makes law,Executive Branch makes law

• Legislative Branch makes the law; Executive Branch enforces the law; Judicial Branch interprets the law