Study Guide

Unit 2 Test

Directions: Please answer the following questions below.

ALL QUESTIONS MUST BE ANSWERED IN A BOLD, DIFFERENT COLOR

Be prepared, you will be required to answer the frequently missed questions from our last half-test / quiz again!

1. Declaration of Independence

   1. What year did the United States declare its independence?

   2. Explain how Locke influenced the Declaration of Independence?

   3. Explain how Rousseau influenced the Declaration of Independence?

   4. What is a Preamble?

   5. What were the Natural Rights listed in the Declaration of Independence?

   6. Please list and explain three grievances (complaints) in the Declaration of Independence.

   7. What is the purpose of the last section of the Declaration of Independence?

   8. Use the following Google Form to practice identifying parts of the Declaration
      (Keep practicing until you get 100%)

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   Articles of Confederation

2. Under the Articles of Confederation, who had more power, the states or the national government?

3. Describe the government set up in the Articles.

4. What were some of the accomplishments of the Articles of Confederation?

5. List and explain three weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

6. Why was it hard to pay back the debt from the Revolutionary War under the Articles of Confederation?

7. How was Shay’s Rebellion a wake-up call that the Articles of Confederation were not working?

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   Constitution

2. What was the meeting where the Constitution was created called?

3. Why did delegates from individual states meet in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787?

4. What does bicameral mean?

5. Virginia Plan

   1. What were the major ideas of this plan?

   2. How did it favor states with larger populations?

6. New Jersey Plan

   1. What were the major ideas of this plan?

   2. Why did the states with smaller populations favor this plan?

7. Great Compromise

   1. How did this plan find a compromise between the small states and large states regarding representation in Congress?

   2. Explain the difference between equal and proportional representation.

   3. Why did the states disagree about the need for tariffs?

   4. How was this problem resolved?

   5. Why was there a conflict about enslaved people?

   6. What compromise was reached about enslaved people and representation?

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   Bill of Rights

2. Who were the Federalists?

3. Who were the Anti Federalists?

4. What were the Federalist Papers?

5. What is the Bill of Rights?

6. Why did the Bill of Rights please the Anti Federalists?

7. What freedoms are granted in the First Amendment?

8. List 3-4 rights of the people in the Bill of Rights (other than the First Amendment)

Know the chronological order of the documents we studied this unit:
*** This is a list of them in order, you do not need to write anything ***

• Declaration of Independence

  • Articles of Confederation

  • Federalist Papers

  • Constitution

  • Bill of Rights

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1. Open Response

Write a short three paragraph essay (3-5 sentences each paragraph)

Prompt: What issues did the delegates disagree about at the Constitutional Convention and how did they reach compromises? Be sure to address the issues of representation, slavery, and tariffs.

Use this Graphic Organizer to help you plan your Open Response:

Now practice writing a paragraph for each issue!