Study Guide, Unit Three: The Constitution
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1. Who had most of the power under the Articles of Confederation - -the states or the national government?
2. How were states represented under the Articles of Confederation?
3. What could the national government do under the Articles of Confederation?
4. What are some things the national government couldn’t do under the Articles?
5. What were the major weaknesses of the articles? Why were they weaknesses?
6. What did the Articles of Confederation do well? (Hint: new territories & land – know those Ordinances)
7. What was Shay’s rebellion, and how did it lead to the Constitutional Convention?
8. What role did George Washington play at the Constitutional Convention?
9. Why is James Madison called the “father of the Constitution”?
Why?
10. Be able to explain the three major compromises we discussed in class:
a. The Great Compromise (+ the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan)
b. The Three-Fifths Compromise
c.
The Commerce and slavery Compromise
11. What was the process for ratification? How many states had to approve?
12. Who were the Federalists, and what did they believe? (know the key names and groups of people)
13. Who were the Anti-Federalists, and what did they believe? (know the key names and groups of people)
14. What were the Federalist Papers, who wrote them and why?
15. What were the main arguments for and against a Bill of Rights?
16. What was the main idea of the Virginia Declaration of Rights, who wrote it, and why is it important?
17. What was the main idea of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, who wrote it, and why is it important?
18. What are the main rights protected by the First Amendment?
The Second Amendment?