US Constitution Review

Match the following

• Concurrent Powers

• System of Federalism where responsibilities are shared between Federal, State, and Local Government

• Cooperative Federalism (Marble Cake)

• Powers that both State and Federal Governments have

• Enumerated/Expressed Powers

• Powers specifically listed in the Constitution

• Dual Federalism (Layer Cake)

• Powers not given to the Federal government that only the State Government has

• Reserved Powers

• System of Federalism where Federal and State Governments have a clear division of power and responsibility

Match the following

• Rule of Law

• System that divides power among the three branches of Government

• Federalism

• Sharing of Power between the Federal Government and State Governments

• Separation of Powers

• principle that states that government is created by and subject to the will of the people.

• Checks and Balances

• principle under which all persons, institutions, and entities are accountable to law

• Popular Sovereignty

• System that allows each branch of Government to limit the powers of the other branches

Also known as the "Big State Plan" this plan wanted representation to be based on population

• New Jersey

• Virginia Plan
• California Plan
• New York Plan

Also known as the "Small State Plan" this plan wanted representation to be equal for all states

• Virginia Plan
• Massachusetts Plan
• Connecticut Compromise
• New Jersey Plan

The above quote came from which document? 

• The Gettysburg Address
• The Emancipation Proclamation
• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

The above quote came from which document?

• Bill of Rights
• Constitution
• Declaration of Independence
• Magna Carta

The above quote came from which document? 

• The US Constitution

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Magna Carta
• The Emancipation Proclamation

Reorder the following major documents

(1 being the oldest to 5 being the document before the US Constitution)

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• The Declaration of Independence

• Common Sense

• The Articles of Confederation

Based on the quotation above which weakness of the Articles of Confederation is described. 

• Difficult to make changes to the Government

• Overly centralized government
• Excessive executive power
• Lack of a national court system

Read the quotation from Isaac Wilkins.  Based on the quotation Wilkins was likely a...

• Loyalist

• Patriot

• Northerner

• Southerner