Study Guide—Chapter 2—1st ½
’01 ed
Election Cycle:
US Senate
US House
The Presidency
How many members are in the:
US House
US Senate
Compare & Contrast the VA Plan, NY Plan, & CT Compromise
Review the power distribution of Unitarian, Confederate & Federal forms of
governmental structures(pg
What type of gov’t was created by the newly freed colonists after the American
Revolution was over?
Magna Carta was…
Magna Carta, Petition of Rights & the British Bill of Rights all advanced the concept of..
Authors of Federalist Papers
3/5 compromise
Commerce & Slave Trade Compromise
Who wrote the Two Treatises of Government?
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence & which part of the document was the
longest?
The 1st written agreement about gov’t in ‘America’ was…
The 1st written constitution in ‘America’ was…
Theocracy
Treaty
Executive Agreement
Arbitrate
Federalism
What was the purpose of the Court of Elections in the Fundamental Orders of CT?
What were the 3 catalysis that helped cause the Constitutional Convention as they
became the symbols of the weakness of the nat’l gov’t?
From the Angel quote (see bellringer sheet), answer the following:
Who wrote it?
What was it in support of?
Purpose of keeping the Convention’s work secret was…
Purpose of the Electoral College
Purpose of the Federalist Papers
The stated purpose of the convention in Philly was…
At the constitutional convention, the participants were able agree to
three things. What were they?
According to the Constitution, what or who is decided by popular vote?
According to the three plans (presented at the convention), answer the following:
Which one(s) had a unicameral leg & who presented that plan?
Which one(s) had a bicameral legislature? Who suggested it? Who thought of it as
a compromise?
Which branch dominated under the Articles?
Where was the power located in the Articles?
What were the characteristics of those in attendance at the Constitutional Convention/
Which of the below people were considered Federalist and Anti-Federalist:
Which of the below people was the Father of the Articles of Confederation:
Which of the below people gave the famed “Give me Liberty or Give me Death” speech:
Which of the below people is considered the ‘Father of the US Constitution’:
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry
Review the powers & weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
Review major reasons the Federalist were for and the major reasons the Anti-Federalist
were against the US Constitution.
3 Essays
Powers & Limits of the Articles…
Madison’s Federalist 51 quote
Fed & Anti-Fed differing over the character of the nat’l govt