Unit 1.4 - Preamble/Rule of Law/Limited Gov/Checks & Balances

In order for the Anti-Federalists to agree to the new Constitution, they insisted on this being added.

• Disclaimer

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

Because this branch was missing under the Articles of Confederation the government had no power to enforce its laws? Hint (President)

• Confederal

• Executive

• Legislative

• Judicial

Why did the Anti-Federalists want to keep the Articles of Confederation?

• They believed in no limits of government control

• They believed in tyranny and destruction

• They believed in monarchy and autocracy

• They believed in state rights and individual rights

Americans were afraid that a __?__ would lead to tyranny, or oppressive rule.

• Monarchial Central Government

• Strong Central Government

• Weak Central Government

• Unitary Central Government

A weakness of the Articles of Confederation is that it had __________ .

• only a judicial branch

• only an executive branch

• only a legislative branch

• None of these

Why did the Anti-Federalists want to keep the Articles of Confederation?

• The strong belief in a new constitution

• The strong belief in a strong central government

• The strong belief in a monarchy

• The strong belief in states rights and individual rights.

In order for the Anti-Federalists to agree to the new Constitution, they insisted on this being added.

• Mayflower Compact

• The Magna Carta

• The Bill of Rights

• None of these

The Police patrolling the streets.

• Common Defense

• Domestic Tranquility

• Liberty

• Posterity

The January 6th riots at the Capitol in Washington DC would be an example of which goal of the preamble failing?

• Establish Justice

• Domestic Tranquility

• General Welfare

• None of these

Having a national guard is an example of?

• Liberty

• Justice

• Welfare

• Defense