New Nation and US Gov't

How does the Constitution show that the Founding Fathers were afraid of strong national governments?

• It gives the president control of the army.

• It created a federal system of government.

• It gives Congress the power to coin

  money

• It created a democratic form of government.

True or False: Under the Articles of Confederation, the national

government was very strong and the state government was weak.

• True

• False

What is it called when people make laws for themselves?

• Federalists

• Self-government

• Anti-Federalists

• Constitutional Conventon

Whose actions would NOT be protected by the First Amendment?

• Judith complains about the president.

• . Marco tells a crowd to set fire to a building.

• Tammy says negative things about a new movie

• Samuel makes up an excuse to get out of chores.

Stephen and his family visited Washington, DC. While there, they visited the White House. A man was standing by himself outside the White House fence holding a sign protesting the president's decisions. Stephen did not like this because he liked the president. Which right, protected by the First Amendment, was the man with the sign practicing?

• freedom of speech

• freedom from unusual punishment

• freedom of the press

• freedom from search and seizure

Why did many people support adding the Bill of Rights to the Constitution?

• They thought that the state governments were too strong under the Constitution.

• Living under the rule of the British king made them afraid of strong national governments.

• They thought that the national government was too weak under the Constitution.

• Living under the Articles of Confederation made them afraid of weak state governments.

Why did the Framers of the Constitution add the Bill of Rights?

• to make it easier to pass new laws

• to protect the natural rights of the people

• to make the national government stronger

• to grant new rights to the state governments

How was the form of government that James Madison supported at the Constitutional Convention different from the US government under the Articles of Confederation?

• Madison thought that the state governments should be stronger.

• Madison thought that the national government should be stronger.

• Madison thought that all power should be given to the executive branch.

• Madison thought that all power should be given to the legislative branch

Look at the diagram. Then answer the question that follows

What BEST completes the diagram?

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

How did Benjamin Franklin help the Constitution gain support at the Constitutional Convention?

• He wrote the Bill of Rights to protect the natural rights of the people.

• He wrote the Preamble to describe the purpose of the new government

• He got the large states and small states to agree to the Great Compromise.

• He got slave states and free states to agree to the Three-Fifths Compromise.