Review Sep-Nov

What was the point of the Federalist Papers?

• To convince people that the constitution was bad

• To convince people that the constitution was good

• To convince people that Britain needed to be dealt with

• To convince people that the Articles of confederation needed to be reinstated

This group supported having a Bill of Rights added to the Constitution.

• Federalist

• Anti-federalist

They thought the states should have more power than a national (federal) government.

• Federalist

• Anti-federalist

What was the compromise the Anti-Federalists agreed to in order to ratify the Constitution?

• Bill of Rights

• Shay's Rebellion

• Declaration of Independence

• English Bill of Rights

Government power is SHARED among the states, but the power of the central government outweighs the power of the states’ government

• Mercantilism
• Federalism
• Freedom of Speech

What does the Judicial Branch do?

• Congress- it makes the laws
• The President- carries out the laws
• Supreme Court it interprets the laws

What does the Executive Branch do?

• Congress- it makes the laws
• The President- carries out the laws
• Supreme Court it interprets the laws

The Great Compromise was a compromise between--

• Mass. Plan and New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan and New York Plan
• Virginia Plan and Delaware Plan

The Virginia Plan wanted representation based on--

• population
• equality for every state
• state size
• money

The New Jersey Plan wanted representation in government based on--

• population
• equality for every state
• state size
• money