IMPACT Social Studies 5th CH 6 L3 A

Which side of the Constitutional debate does this describe?

Wrote The Federalist Papers (a)  

• Federalists
• Antifederalists

Which side of the Constitutional debate does this describe?

Opposed the Constitution (a)  

• Antifederalists
• Federalists

Which side of the Constitutional debate does this describe?

Insisted the Constitution would unify the states (a)  

• Federalists
• Antifederalists

Which side of the Constitutional debate does this describe?

George Washington, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton (a)  

• Federalists
• Antifederalists

Which side of the Constitutional debate does this describe?

Samuel Adams, George Mason, and Patrick Henry (a)  

• Antifederalists
• Federalists

Which side of the Constitutional debate does this describe?

Preferred the Articles of Confederation (a)  

• Antifederalists
• Federalists

Which of these primary source statements best support the argument of the Antifederalists that the new Constitution did too little to protect basic rights?

• “If men were angels ... no government would be necessary.”

• “There is no declaration of any kind, for preserving the liberty of the press, or the trial by jury in civil cases; nor against the danger of standing armies in time of peace.”

• “... a free people ... are the proper guardians of their rights and liberties.”

• “Show me that age and country where the rights and liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their rulers being good men without a consequent loss of liberty!”

Which evidence from the text best supports the conclusion that some Americans believed that the Constitution would not adequately protect citizens' rights?

• “Some worried that the remaining states would prevent the Constitution from being enforced.”

• “Many of their leaders refused to support the Constitution as written.”

• “James Madison, a Federalist, agreed to propose a Bill of Rights to Congress.”

• “The Bill of Rights included liberties that the Antifederalists believed the Constitution would not guarantee Americans.”

Read these sentences from the text. Then answer the question that follows.

 

“The Articles of Confederation was the first written document to establish a United States government. The Second Continental Congress began writing the Articles of Confederation in 1776 and approved it in 1777.”

 

What is the meaning of the term articles as it is used here?

• proposals for laws

• ideas about politics

• parts of a contract

• plans for a government

"There is no declaration of any kind, for preserving the liberty of the press, or the trial by jury in civil cases.

What does liberty of the press mean?

• Being able to freely print in newspapers information.

• Being able to freely push someone without going to jail.

• Being able to push back when someone does something wrong.