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Name:
Ms. Ha
Government Hour: 1 2
Ch. 3
Date: 10-19-16
CONSTITUTION
Directions: this is the study guide for your test on the Constitution. Answer all the items below.
VOCABULARY
1. Preamble
6. Limited Government
11. Articles of Confederation
2. Bill of Rights
7. Popular Sovereignty
12. Articles
3. Federalism
8. Checks & Balances
13. Independence Hall
4. Judicial Review
9. Separation of Powers
14. Framers
5. Amendments
10. Unconstitutional
15. Ratify
PEOPLE
1. James Madison
5. Federalist
9. John Jay
2. George Washington
6. Anti-Federalist
10. Patrick Henry
3. Roger Sherman
7. Samuel Adams
11. Alexander Hamilton
4. William Patterson
8. George Mason
12. Edmund Randolph
QUESTIONS
1.
What are the three major parts of the Constitution?
2. Why is the preamble important?
3. What is the “supreme law of the land”?
4. What was the first constitution of the United States?
5. How many Amendments are there? How many Articles are there?
6. What was established in all seven Articles? Explain each.
7. What Amendments make up the Bill of Rights?
8. Identify and explain the six basic principles of the Constitution.
9. Explain how the system of checks and balances works.
10.
Explain the disagreement between the Federalist and Anti-Federalists.
11.
Explain what the problem was with the Articles of Confederation.
12. Explain how the Great Compromise was created. (include both plans, people)
16. Veto
Name:
Ms. Ha
Government Hour: 2
Ch. 3
Date:
CONSTITUTION
Directions: this is the study guide for your test on the Constitution. Answer all the items below.
VOCABULARY
1. Preamble
6. Limited Government
11. Articles of Confederation 16. Senate
2. Bill of Rights
7. Popular Sovereignty
12. Articles
17. Congress
3. Federalism
8. Checks & Balances
13. Independence Hall
18. Delegate
4. Ratify
9. Separation of Powers
14. Framers
19. Quorum
5. Amendments
10. Unconstitutional
15. House of Representatives
PEOPLE
1. James Madison
3. Roger Sherman.
5. Federalist
7. Samuel Adams
2. George Washington
4. William Patterson
6. Anti-Federalist 8. Edmund Randolph
9. Ben Franklin
QUESTIONS
1. What are the three major parts of the Constitution?
2. Why is the preamble important?
3. What is the “supreme law of the land”?
4. What was the first constitution of the United States?
5. How many Amendments are there? How many Articles are there?
6. What was established in the first three Articles? Explain each.
7. What Amendments make up the Bill of Rights?
8. Explain the disagreement between the Federalist and Anti-Federalists.
9. Explain what the problem was with the Articles of Confederation.
10. Explain how the Great Compromise was created. (include both plans, people)
11. What was the 3/5 Compromise? Why was it created?
12. Describe the general characteristics of the Founding Fathers.
13. Describe the working conditions in Independence Hall when making the new Constitution.
14. Compare and contrast the Articles of Confederation to the US Constitution.