united states constitution

• Strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation (Lesson 1)

Some strengths are the revolutionary war and the north west territory.

Some of the weaknesses were taxes, lawmaking process, the government structure, the trade and the representation.

Shays’ Rebellion (Lesson 1)

Between 1786 and 1787 farmers specifically Daniel Shea charged with an armed rebellion against the government in Massachusetts because the farmers were in debt and they felt that their government was bad and they protested and had armed marches.

Puopular sovereignty

The government’s power comes from the concept of the people. if the government goes against the will of the people, then they will have the right to change the government.

limited government,

A government’s power is restricted by laws in order to protect individual rights and liberties. These laws are often written in a constitution.

republicanism

A form of government where citizens are represented by elected officials.

federalism

Power is shared by the national and state governments.

separation of powers

The government is divided into branches. Each branch has separate and independent powers.

checks and balances

Each branch of government can “check,” or limit, the power of the other branches.

Characteristics of the New Jersey & Virginia Plans (Lesson 3,4,5)

In 1787 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania delegates from 12 of the 13th states except for Rhode Island met to talk about the Representation and about if they should appoint or elect, and to also talk about the Virginia versus the New Jersey plan, they met because they disagreed with our population or equal over states they debated these things for a long time till they finally made a decision.

The Great Compromise (Lesson 5)

In 1787 and Philadelphia Pennsylvania delegates from 12 to 13 colonies not Rhode Island. Roger Sherman created the great compromise because the states disagreed over what government they should have. By meeting to discuss on which government they should use, and they eventually decided to use the Connecticut plan for their government.

• Issues debated at the Constitutional Convention (know both sides of each issue and explain how the issue was resolved in the Constitution):

They debated over the government they should use, what kind of elector they should use and how long the president should serve for.

• How should congressional representatives be chosen (elected or appointed)? (Lesson 4,5)

The states disagreed over if they should be appointed or elected for a long time and they finally agreed to be elected but people like Roger Sherman of Connecticut felt that they should’ve had little to do with the government and it should’ve been appointed while George Madison thought that it should be elected by the people so they would act in the people’s best interest

How should states be represented in Congress (based on population or equal votes for each state)

They disagreed so they came up with the 3/5 plan and for every 3/5 slave, they would count it towards the population, but north and South Carolina wanted it to be based off population and how many votes because they were bigger states in the northern states wanted it to be all equal so nobody would have more power.

How long should presidential terms be (long or short)? (Lesson 6)

In 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 12 of the 13 states Rhode Island did not come. They agreed on a system for a government and how long the leader would go into office four. They also discussed who their first leader would be. They did this by discussing what they want to do with their presidential. They finally decided on a four-year term for the president.

• Sections of the Constitution that permitted slavery to exist & the effects (Lesson 7)

In article one section 2 should enslave people be counted as part of population. The effects on the nation would increase the south population votes and they would win more elections if they counted slaves as population.

Federalist and Antifederalist arguments (Lesson 8)

Some of the arguments that anti-federalist has would be the country is far too large for a national government to be effective. Another one is the constitution strengthens the nations government at the expense of the states. some of the federalist arguments is a national government can work if it has separation of powers and checks and balances. Another one is the articles of confederation prove that a strong national government is necessary.

• Main ideas of each section of the Constitution: (Lessons 9, 10, 11)

The primo is the introduction article one is the legislative branch article 2 is the executive branch article 3 judicial branch article 4 states article 5 amendments process article 6 debate Supremacy, article 7 reflection process the amendment is 27 changes.

• Preamble (Lesson 10), Article 1, Article 2, Article 3, Article 4, Article 5, Article 6, Article 7

The preamble is a form to a perfect union and establish justice

Article 1

Article one talks about how old you need to be to be a representative or a senator

Article 2

Article 2 talks about the age requirements to become a president and what the president can do. The president can fill up all vacancies.

Article 3

Article 3 talks about what the judicial branch is made up of/consist of the Supreme Court. It also talks about what is treason/against the US shall consist only in leaving war

Article 4

Article 4 talks about what happens if a person commits a crime in one state, but is captured in the other state/they would be put in jail in the original state. It also talks about which branch can admit new states into the United States/new states can be admitted by Congress.

Article 5

Article 5 talks about how was an amendment to the constitution is proposed it is proposed by 2/3 of both Congress and 2/3 of the states. It also talks about how in an amendment to the constitution is ratified. It is ratified by ¾ of the states.

Article 6

Article 6 talks about what is the supreme law of land. The supreme law of the land is the constitution. It also talks about do members of the government have to take a religious test before they can serve. They do not have to take a religious test before they can serve they do not have to do that.

Article 7

Article 6 talks about how many states must ratify or approved the constitution. It is nine state states.

Amendments

What freedoms are listed in the first amendment? freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom of press. It also says what is the main idea of the amendment 19. It gave woman to be able to vote.

• How powers are separated between the three branches of government (Lesson 11)

• Shared and exclusive powers of the federal and state governments (Lesson 12)

How rights listed in the Bill of Rights apply to your life (Lesson 13)

• Categorize the amendments into groups (Ex: Amendments dealing with voting rights, the presidency, and Reconstruction amendments) (Lesson 14)