Constitution Era - Day 11 Warmup

Voting for representative is to Republicanism, as people are in charge is to ______________

• Thomas Jefferson

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Popular Sovereignty

• Checks and Balances

Sharing power between federal and state governments it to Federalism, as the President vetoing congress on a bill is to __________

• Thomas Jefferson

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Popular Sovereignty

• Checks and Balances

Spanish general who helped Patriots is to Bernardo de Galvez, as French general who helped Patriots is to ______________

• Thomas Jefferson

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Popular Sovereignty

• Checks and Balances

“Common Sense” and “American Crisis” is to Thomas Paine, as the Declaration of Independence is to _______________

• Thomas Jefferson

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Popular Sovereignty

• Checks and Balances

Which of the following is one part of how an amendment can be added to the Constitution?

• 2/3rd of all citizens in the U.S. vote for the amendment

• 3/4th of all citizens vote for the amendment

• 2/3rd of both the House and Senate approve the amendment

• 1/2 of the Senate approves the amendment

Who was known as the Father of the Constitution?

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• Benjamin Franklin

Why did the Framers of the Constitution provide a means for the Constitution to be altered?

• To ensure the document could change as the needs and issues of society changed

• So that the power of the government could be increased during war time

• To provide a way for a Constitutional Monarchy to become the structure of the government

• Americans needed a way to create a weaker form of government than the one the U.S. Constitution established

The beginning phrase of the Constitution, “We the people”, reflects that -

• The delegates to the Constitutional Convention wrote a new plan of government

• The people of the United States are the people who created the new form of government

• King George III is no longer in charge of America

• Every issue that came up would be voted on by every American citizen

What assurance did this argument give to those who opposed ratifying the Constitution?

"In the Republic of America, the power surrendered to the people is first divided between two distinct governments...hence a double security arises to the rights of the people. The different governments will control each other...

- Federalist Paper No. 51

• The amendment process would allow state governments to nullify federal law.

• Making the federal government superior to state governments would ensure greater stability.

• The rights of citizens would be better protected by having both federal and state levels of government.

• Giving greater power to the federal government would allow it to assist states in times of crisis.

What was the purpose of this amendment?

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

- U.S. Constitution, Tenth Amendment

• To encourage citizens to monitor the federal government

• To prevent conflicts between state and local governments

• To limit the authority of the federal government

• To increase the participation of citizens in state government