US Constitution Review

Match the following

• Concurrent Powers

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

• Enumerated/Expressed Powers

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

• Dual Federalism (Layer Cake)

• Powers that both State and Federal Governments have

• Reserved Powers

• Powers specifically listed in the Constitution

• Cooperative Federalism (Marble Cake)

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

Match the following

• Checks and Balances

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

• Federalism

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

• Separation of Powers

• System that divides power among the three branches of Government

• Rule of Law

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

• Popular Sovereignty

• Sharing of Power between the Federal Government and State Governments

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)

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

• Common Sense

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

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