Unit 2: New Nation (Government)

Popular sovereignty means...

• People vote

• People rule

• People govern

• People representatives

Amendment 13

• Citizens over 18 can vote

• Women can vote

• African American men can vote

• Ended slavery

Amendment 14

• Ended slavery

• Equal protection under the law

• DC residents can vote

• Outlawed the poll tax

Amendment 15

• African American men vote

• Women vote

• DC citizens vote

• Citizens over 18 vote

Amendment 19

• Women can vote

• African American men can vote

• 2 terms for President

• Outlawed the poll tax

Fraction of Congress needed to pass a Constitution amendment.

• 3/4

• 1/2

• 1/4

• 2/3

Fraction of the U.S. states needed to pass a Constitution amendment

• 1/2

• 3/4

• 2/3

• 1/3

The Constitution says federal laws are "the supreme law of the land," so the federal government could just take complete control.

• Federalist opinion

• Antifederalist opinion

The Constitution gives the federal government enough power to overpower the states.

• Federalist opinion

• Antifederalist opinion

Nothing in the Constitution says the federal government has power to limit peoples' freedoms in the first place.

• Federalist opinion

• Antifederalist opinion