Creating the Constitution Review

* States arguing with each other over trade

* States ignore central government

* No national court system

What is the best title for this list?

• Constitutional Compromises

• Shay’s Rebellion

• Problems of the Declaration of Independence

• Problems of the Articles of Confederation

* Shay’s Rebellion

* Weak central government

* National government can’t levy taxes

Which major event best resolves these issues?

• Drafting the Constitution

• Creation of the Declaration of Independence

• Drafting of the Articles of Confederation

• Fighting the French & Indian War

What document solved the problems with representation, commerce, and taxation?

• Articles of Confederation

• Federalist Papers

• Constitution

• Preamble

What was created to solve the problem of representation in the Connecticut (Great) Compromise?

• bi-cameral legislature

• unicameral legislature

• weak central government

• tax on exports

Which house of Congress was created in the Connecticut (Great) Compromise to satisfy the large states/Virginia Plan?

• Senate

• Articles of Confederation

• Preamble

• House of Representative

Which house of Congress was created in the Connecticut (Great) Compromise to satisfy the small states/New Jersey Plan?

• Senate

• House of Representative

• Articles of Confederation

• Preamble

What principle of government did both the large states and small states agree on?

• House of Representatives

• Articles of Confederation

• Federalist Papers

• Separation of Powers into three branches

Why did the Anti-Federalists demand that the Constitution have a Bill of Rights?

• To protect the government against hostile citizens

• To guarantee economic prosperity

• To provide a fair system of taxation

• To protect individual liberties

What was the main purpose of the Federalist Papers?

• To support the Articles of Confederation

• To support the ratification of the Constitution

• To weaken state government

• To create a federal court system

The informal amendment process…

• has not been used much in the last 100 years, but has the ability to be used

• includes ratification by the states

• requires a three-fourths vote in Congress

• changes the meaning of the Constitution without changing the words