Ratification U.S. Constitution

They supported the Constitution.

• Constitutionalists

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Federlists

• Anti-Federalists

They were opposed to the Constitution.

• Constitutionalists

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Federlists

• Anti-Federalists

A system of government in which power is shared between the central (or federal) government and the states.

• Checks and Balances

• Federalism

• Communism

• Sharing is Caring

One power that the national government has that state government do not is the power to declare this.

• Peace

• A new national religion

• A new national language

• war

Anti-Federalists said that a strong national government threatened _______________ power.

• the people's

• the national governments

• states'

Some Anti-Federalists were afraid that a strong president might be declared a king.

• True

• False

The goal of the Federalists was to convince the people to approve this.

• The Bill of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• The National Anthem

• The Constitution

These were written to try and convince people approving the Constitution was a good thing.

• The Pentagon Papers

• The Federalist Papers

• The Newspapers

• The Harry Potter books

What was the meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 where delegates decided to throw out the Articles of Confederation and draft the Constitution?

• Ratification Convention

• Constitutional Convention

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

Which weakness of the Articles of Confederation led to Shays’s Rebellion?

• The national government lacked the power to regulate trade.

• The national government lacked a national court system.

• The national government lacked central leadership

• The national government lacked the power to tax