What were the two views of republicanism? How were they
different? How were they alike?
What were the similarities and differences in the various state
constitutions that were created at the end of the Revolutionary War?
Why do you think that the states guaranteed the specific rights of
freedom of speech, religion, and the press?
Identify the three major questions that the members of the
Continental Congress had to address when creating a new national
government.
What were the problems inherent in these questions?
List the powers given to the Article of Confederation
government. What were its shortcomings?
What was the difference between the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the
Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
List the three requirements or stages for a territory to become a
state.
What foreign relations problems did the Confederation Congress
face at the end of the 1780s?
* John
Dickinson
* Articles
of Confederation
* republic
* Land
Ordinance of 1785
* Republicanism
* Northwest Ordinance of 1787
* Republican Motherhood
Textbook --> pp. 132 - 136.
The United States Constitution --
textbook --> pp. 146 - 165.
What were the causes of Shays' Rebellion?
Why do you think historians consider it a catalyst in the movement
toward creating a new U. S. Constitution?
What were the socio-economic backgrounds of the framers of the U.
S. Constitution?
Do you feel that there was a connection between their status and
the eventual content and emphasis of the Constitution that emerged
in 1787? If so, what was it?
What were the major issues that had to be resolved at the
Constitutional Convention?
Create a CHART that lists the main provisions of the Virginia Plan
and the New Jersey Plan.
What was the impact of slavery and sectionalism in the debates
that ensued at the Constitutional Convention?
Explain the meaning of the term "checks and
balances." Are there any instances where a branch of
government has no checks and balances on its power?
Why do you think that many people today feel that the electoral
college has long since become antiquated or completely unnecessary?
Why is the U. S. Constitution called "a living
document?"
We will read and
go over the entire U. S. Constitution (pp. 146 - 157). As
we do, you are to answer the ten questions on page 168 under the
section heading "Reviewing the Constitution."
* Daniel
Shays
* separation of powers
* Shays'
Rebellion
* checks
and balances
* James
Madison
* electoral college
* Roger
Sherman
* elastic
clause
* Virginia
Plan
* veto
power
* New
Jersey Plan
* writ of
habeas corpus
* Great
Compromise
* bill of
attainder
* Three-Fifths Compromise
* ex post
facto law
* delegated (enumerated)
powers
* judicial
review
* reserved
powers
Textbook --> pp. 137 - 141.
The Bill of Rights -- textbook
--> pp. 158 - 159.
Fill in the CHART
comparing and contrasting the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists.
Why did the Anti-Federalists demand the creation of a national
bill of rights?
How did the adoption of the Bill of Rights show the flexibility of
the Constitution?
Summarize the rights and freedoms that are guaranteed by the Bill
of Rights.
Which rights are still sources of controversy today?
Why do you think the Anti-Federalists failed in their efforts to
prevent the ratification of the U. S. Constitution?
What were the requirements for the ratification of the U. S.
Constitution?
Why do you think that James Madison was nicknamed "The Father
of the U. S. Constitution?"
You are to read
the Bill of Rights (pp. 158 - 159) and answer the last five
questions (#11 - 15) on page 168 under the section heading
"Reviewing the Constitution."
