Unit 2 Review Guill

Purpose of the 3/5s Compromise

• protect natural rights

• establish an electoral college

• allow congress to override vetos

• reduce the fear of loss in representation by slave states

The Great Compromise was important because

• it established suffrage for all people

• ended the slavery problem

• created a single house legislature

• balanced the interests of states with large and small populations

One of the reasons the anti-federalists opposed ratification was

• that amending the constitution was too easy

• too much power was given to the states

• individual rights were not protected

• federal coouort system too weak

Why were federalism, separation of powers, limited government included in the Constitution?

• feared government with too much power

• favored the rich over the poor

• want state powers increased

• favored a king over democracy

What were the differences large states and small states wanted at the Constitutional Convention?

• terms in office too long

• an electoral college

• equal and proportional representation

• a declaration of independence

What were the Federalist Papers intended to do?

• justify the Revolutionary War

• encourage ratification of the Constitution

• justify the Civil War

• express support for Washington for president

One of the main differences between Federalists and Anti-Federalists which continues today is

• division in powers between the state and national governments

• adding new states

• amending the constitution

• how many senators there would be for each state

Most likely the biggest corrections for a weakness in the Articles was

• giving Congress power to tax

• adding new states

• voting rights for all people

• how much money the treasury should print

Another major change from the Articles to the Constitution was

• expansion of voting rights

• freeing all the slaves

• strengthening the power of the central government

• implementing amendments

A basic principle underlying the Constitution is

• government control over the people

• the people are the ultimate source of power

• the states should have all the power

• a new king should be appointed