Constitution Test Part 1

Nothing in the Constitution says the federal government has the power to limit people's freedoms in the first place

• Federalist Claim

• Anti-Federalist Claim

• James Madison Claim

• Crazy Little Thing Called Love

The United States is too large to have a central government. People won't know their leaders and will lose control over the government

• Federalist Claim

• Anti-Federalist Claim

• Alexander Hamiliton Claim

• You can go your own way

The Constitution says federal laws are "the supreme law of the land" so the federal government could take complete control

• Anti-Federalist Claim

• Federalist Claim

• John Jay Claim

• Can't find a better man

"Many instances can be produced in which people have voluntarily increased their the powers of their rulers; but few, if any, in which rulers have willingly abridged their authority"

• Expressed the worry about a government becoming too strong

• Argues that the government is too weak under the Articles of Confederation

• Articulates the desire for the Bill of Rights

• All of me loves all of you

"that the Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into the execution of the foregoing powers"

• gives Congress a vague amount of power

• caused Anti-Federalists to fear the government would be too strong

• was the heart of the Federalist Papers

• was the heart of the Federalist Papers

The Connecticut Plan combined the Virginia and New Jersey Plans by...

• keeping 2 houses in Congress: Senate and House of Representatives

• Determining representatives for each State in the House of Representatives by state population

• Giving each State in the House of Representatives 2 representatives

• Making the vote in the Senate equal, by giving each State 2 Senators

What is a "compromise"?

• An agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants.

• It would count each enslaved person as three-fifths of a free person for both taxation and representation.

• To revise the Articles of Confederation

• September 17, 1787

Which States at the Constitutional Convention ARGUED that Slaves SHOULD NOT be counted as a part of the population for representatives?

• Southern States

• Northern States

• Large States

• Small States

Which States at the Constitutional Convention ARGUED that Slaves SHOULD be counted as a part of the population for representatives?

• Southern States

• Northern States

• Large States

• Small States

Which States at the Constitutional Convention stood to benefit from making representatives in Congress based on State population?

• Southern States

• Northern States

• Large States

• Small States