Origins of Government Review

Antifederalists1. Feared the government under the Constitution might be too _______________________

2. Didn’t think the Constitution adequately protected the ____________________ of the people.

3. Wanted a ___________________________ added to the Constitution.

• 1. confusing

  2. property

  3. first amendment

• 1. aerospace defense

  2. air liaison

  3. first amendment

• 1. weak

  2. active lock

  3. adoption services

• 1. strong

  2. rights

  3. Bill of Rights

Two-House Legislature

• Unicameral

• Bicameral

• Tricameral

• Quadcameral

People are the source of any and all gov't power, gov't can only exist with the consent of the governed

• Limited Government

• Judicial Review

• Popular Sovereignty

• Representative Government

Agreement that Congress should be composed of a Senate, in which the states would be equally represented, and a House, in which representation would be based on a State's population

• Articles of Confederation

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Connecticut Compromise

Called for 3 branches of government with a bicameral legislature in which each State's membership would be determined by its population or its financial support for the central government

• Articles of Confederation

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Connecticut Compromise

Plan of gov't adopted by the Continental Congress after the American Revolution; established a "firm league of friendship" among the states, but allowed few important powers to the central government

• Articles of Confederation

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Connecticut Compromise

Called for unicameral legislature in which each State would be equally represented

• Articles of Confederation

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Connecticut Compromise

Gov't is restricted in what it may do, each individual has rights that government cannot take away.

• Limited Government

• Judicial Review

• Popular Sovereignty

• Representative Government

Counting slaves as 3/5s of a person when determining the population of a State

• Articles of Confederation

• 3/5ths Compromise

• Virginia Plan

• Connecticut Compromise

Many Anti-Federalists were swayed by the inclusion of

• the Electoral College.

• major benefits for farmers.

• the Bill of Rights.

• the abolition of slavery.