1. Review 4 Government CCA

2. What are the Foundations of the
US democratic System of
government?
 Magna Carta
 English Bill of Rights
 Virginia House of Burgesses

3. What was a major weakness of
AOC’s?
 Could not tax
 No executive
 Weak, weak, Weak because they
didn’t want their to be another King.
 States Government Strong –
National Government Weak

4. What is the significant of Northwest
Ordinance
 One good thing from AOC’s
 Outlined an orderly way for new
states to join the Union and
immediately be equal to other
states.

5. What was the Great Compromise?
 Agreement between large and small
states; there would be a bicameral
legislature. House of
Representatives would be based on
population; Senate will be an equal
number.

6. Why was there a need for the Great
Compromise?
 Little states did not want to be
bullied or ignored by states with
large populations. Large states
wanted their people to all be able to
have a say as well.

7. What is a bicameral legislature?
 A legislature made of two houses.

8. Why did the authors of the US
Constitution include a system of
checks and balances?
 The framers wanted to make sure
no part of the government (or
branch) became too powerful. They
were afraid of tyrants.

9. Which statement illustrates the system
of checks and balances at work?
 The President can make appointments,
but Congress has to approve them.
 The Congress passes laws, but the
President can veto them and the judicial
branch can declare them
unconstitutional.

10. What was the purpose of Constitutional
principles like separation of powers and
federalism
 Limit the powers of the government

11. What was the purpose of Separation of
Powers?
 give each branch a specific job
which limits that branch’s powers

12. What constitutional principle is best
illustrated by the Preamble to the
Constitution?
 POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

13. unalienable rights?
 rights that a government cannot
take away without due process of
law
 Life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness is in the Declaration of
Independence

14. How does the amendment process
work?
 There are two steps. 1. the proposal
by the Congress or by the states
and then ratification by the states.

15. Why did the framers include a process
for amending the Constitution?
 To make sure that the Constitution
would be living document that could
grow with the country.

16. Grievance Where and how it was addressed in the
Constitution
No taxation without representation All taxes had to be approved by both Houses of
Congress.
The King refused colonists First Amendment: the right to assemble
permission to petition peaceably
The King allowed the militia to 4th Amendment to the United States
enter homes and seize our Constitution limits the government’s ability
property to
The King has forbidden his Congress can override a Presidential veto
Governors to pass Laws . . .
till his Assent [approval]
should be obtained.
For transporting us beyond seas to Sixth Amendment rights to a fair and speedy
be tried for pretended offenses trial by jury of peers
...
For quartering soldiers in our The Third Amendment
homes

17. ho were the main leaders of the Anti-
Federalists?
 Patrick Henry, George Mason

18. Who were the main leaders of the
Federalists
 James Madison and Alexander
Hamilton

19. What was the purpose of the
newspaper articles called the
Federalists Papers
 To convince people to support the
ratification of the Constitution

20. What was the main criticism of the Anti-
federalists regarding the governing
power
 That the central or federal
government had too much power
and that the rights of the people
were not protected

21. What kind of government did the
Federalists support
 A strong central [national] or
federal government.

22. What is the purpose of the first 9
amendments in the Bill of Rights
 To protect the rights of individual
American citizens

23. Why was the Constitution amended to
include the Bill of Rights
 To get the support of the Anti-
Federalist in order to ratify the
Constitution

24. Why did the Founding Fathers protect
freedom of the press in the Bill of
Rights
 They believed these were necessary
so the government would stay
honest and move to the will of the
people

25. Why did the Founding Fathers protect
freedom of the press in the Bill of
Rights
 They believed these were necessary
so the government would stay
honest and move to the will of the
people

26. What would be a violation of freedom of
speech and freedom of the press,
which are protected by the First
Amendment?
 Congress passing a law that says a
person or organization can not say or
print something that is an opinion or the
truth

27. Virginia House of Burgesses opened
Mayflower Compact
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
Shay’s Rebellion
Constitution