Unit Test 2 - Spring 24

Organize these details to the correct Compromise from the Constitutional Convention

Groups:

(a) Great Compromise

,

(b) 3/5 Compromise

,

(c) Commerce & Save Trade Compromise

• Two house legislature (bicameral)

• House of Representatives: based on population of states

• For every 5 enslaved persons, 3 would be counted for determining taxation.

• Federal gov't would only tax imports

• No ban on slavery for at least 20 yrs

• Federal gov't to regulate trade

• Senate: Equal amongst states

• For every 5 enslaved persons, 3 were counted towards state population.

Match the Influential Documents

• Common Sense

• 1620, Pilgrims, Self Government,

  Provide Order & Protect the Colonists,

  Consent of the Governed

• English Bill of Rights

• 1689, English Parliament, Due Process,

  No taxation without Representation, Habeas Corpus,

• Magna Carta

• 1776, Pamphlet, Representative Self-Government, Thomas Paine, Convince

  colonists to separate from England

• Mayflower Compact

• 1215, English Nobility, Limited

  Monarchy/Gov't, Due Process of Law,

  Rule of Law, Right to Justice, Right to fair trial by

  Jury

Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome

Groups:

(a) Ancient Greece

,

(b) Ancient Rome

• system of codified laws

• first true democratic government

• citizens were eligible to: serve on juries, vote, and run for public office

• separation of powers

• direct democracy - citizens voted directly

  on all of the decisions of government

• three branches of government

• representative democracy known as a

  Republic

• citizens elected officials to make decisions

Match the founding principles from Influential documents:

• Limited Government

• First seen in the Magna Carta in 1215.

  Fair treatment and procedures when

  someone is accused of a crime.

• Due Process of Law

• The law should be applied to everyone.

  Today: all citizens, including the

  president, are held accountable to the

  law

• Religious Liberty

• The government cannot establish an

  official religion or prohibit the practice

  of religion.

• Rule of Law

• A government that only has the powers

  given to it by its Constitution

Originally the Founding Fathers didn't want to break with England. They mainly wanted political

Great Britain justified raising taxes on colonists because of ​

• debt from defending the colonies in the 7 Yrs War
• colonists harming British soldiers
• merchants being denied entry into colony ports

match the Enlightenment Principles to their definition

• Natural Rights

• human beings are born with fundamental rights

• Consent of the Governed

• governments had a responsibility to hold up their end of the social contract

• Social Contract

• Citizens give up some freedom they would have in a state of nature. Citizens agree to obey a set of rules, and the government agrees to protect citizens’ rights.

According to the Declaration of Independence, which situation justifies open rebellion against a government?

• high unemployment & inflation

• a ruler denying citizens their rights

• a long distance between a gov't & its people

USA has what kind of Government?

• representative democracy

• direct democracy

Can you identify Federalist or Anti-Federalist?

Groups:

(a) Anti-Federalists

,

(b) Federalists

• Supported adding the elastic clause to the Constitution

• Thought a president was necessary for the federal government to help protect the country

• Wanted to get rid of the Articles of Confederation & create the Constitution

• more commonly found in urban areas

• Wanted a strong federal government

• Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay

• Favored the creation of three branches of government

• Worried that the Constitution made federal laws “the supreme law of the land”

• Worried the federal government would use their powers to take freedoms away from citizens

• Supporters: Small farmers, shopkeepers, workers

• Supporters: Property owners, wealthy merchants in northern states

• Wanted the Bill of Rights before they would agree to ratify the Constitution

• Group supported the states having power in the government

• Favored the creation of the federal bank

• more commonly found in rural areas

• Thomas Jefferson, George Mason, Patrick Henry, John Hancock