A&J Constitution Review

What did Shay's Rebellion expose about the Articles of Confederation?

• The Federal Government was too strong

• The Federal Government was too weak

• The State Governments all had their own armies

• The State Governments were not taxing enough

What did the Federalist want?

• To ratify (approve) the Constitution and have a stronger central government

• To add a Bill of Rights to the Constitution to protect individual rights

• To have a weak national government like the Articles of Confederation

• To replace the Constitution with the Articles of Confederation

What did the Anti-Federalist want?

• To ratify the Constitution as it was.

• A strong Federal Government

• A Bill of Rights to protect individual and states rights.

• To replace the Constitution with the Articles of Confederation

Identify​ the parts of the Virginia Plan.

• Also called the Large State Plan, bicameral legislature with population based representation, strong national government

• Also called the Small State Plan, it established a single legislature with equal representation, similar to the Articles of Confederation

Identify the New Jersey Plan

• Also called the Small State Plan, it established a single legislature with equal representation, similar to the Articles of Confederation

• Also called the Large State Plan, bicameral legislature with population based representation, strong national government

What was the Great Compromise also known as the Connecticut Plan?

• Combined parts of the Virginia and New Jersey Plans to create a bicameral legislature with one house with equal representation and one with population representation

• Combined the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution

• Combined the ideas of the two political parties

• Fixed the problems with the Declaration of Independence

What was the 3/5th's Compromise?

• To appease Southern slave owners, gave them more representation in the Legislature. 3 out of every 5 slave could be counted for population.

• To appease Northern shipbuilders, it counted 3 out of every 5 ships they built for tax purposes.

• When you are in math and you get an answer that isn't one of the multiple choice answers, you pick 3/5th's.

• Only 3 out of 5 votes would count in a Presidential election.

Describe the structure of the government under the Constitution.

• 5 Branches; the Executive, Legislative, Judicial, Tree and Office.

• 4 Branches; the Executive, Legislative, Judicial and that guy from the Trolls movie.

• 3 Branches; the Executive, Legislative and Judicial.

• 1 Branch, just the Monarchy, no rights for you!

How did the Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights influence the Constitution?

• Giving us the rights to a trial by jury and get an outline for our Bill of Rights.

• Gave us a King and reason to speak in a British accent.

• It made it required to like the Beatles.

• Gave us the freedom of speech and the right to have a civil trial.

What did the Founders do to address the grievances in the Declaration of Independence?

• Made the Bill of Rights to make sure individual rights would not be violated.

• Just kept writing angry letters.

• Made a podcast with their friends so they could complain about it.

• Made a song to complain about the King of England.