USH Constitution Review

Anti-Federalists believed that the U.S. Constitution, as originally written, placed too much power in the hands of —

• State Governments

• The Citizens

• The Central Government

• Religious groups

What motivated the authors of the Articles of Confederation to create a government with a weak central authority?

• The King's Tyranny

• Isolationism or getting involved with foreign countries

• The threat of powerful State Governments

• The success of Native American political systems

What was a major concern of the Anti-Federalists regarding the Constitution?

• Lack of individual rights being protected

• The powers granted to the states

• The lack of checks and balances

• Not being able to amend the Constitution

The Legislative branch of Government has the power to -

• Understand laws

• Bring justice for laws

• Do away with laws

• Create laws

The process for amending the US Constitution was put in place to -

• To check the power of the Legislature

• To allow the government change over time with United States

• Protect against Civil War

• To allow the Government to take control once ratified

To amend the Articles of Confederation, you had to have:

• 7 of 13 colonies had to agree

• 9 of 13 colonies had to agree

• 11 of 13 colonies had to agree

• 13 of 13 colonies had to agree

The Constitution created Checks and Balances to:

• Create public elections in the U.S.

• Strengthen the Federal Government

• To not be part of the British Parliamentary system

• Keep any branch from becoming too powerful

This is the correct order of events: Creation of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, U.S. Constitution

• True

• False

True or False: The Great Compromise created a Bicameral legislature; resolved issue of congressional representation

• True

• False

At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, large and small states disagreed over representation - they settled this by doing what?

• Creating a national court system

• A way for voting for President

• A bicameral legislature

• By creating 3 branches of government