Study Guide
–Creating a Republic
You should be able to identify the
following people, terms and things
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1. |
Enlightenment |
13. |
The Virginia
Plan |
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2. |
Magna Carta |
14. |
The New Jersey
Plan |
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3. |
English Bill of
Rights |
15. |
John Locke |
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4. |
Mayflower
Compact |
16. |
Baron de
Montesquieu |
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5. |
federal |
17. |
The Great
Compromise |
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6. |
confederation |
18. |
The Three-Fifths Compromise |
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7. |
republic |
19. |
Electoral
College |
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8. |
sovereignty |
20. |
Bill of Rights |
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9. |
Robert Morris |
21. |
Federalists |
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10. |
Shays’s Rebellion |
22. |
Antifederalists |
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11. |
Northwest
Ordinance |
23. |
Ratification |
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12. |
James Madison |
24. |
The Federalist
Papers
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You should be able to write short
essays on any of the following topics.
What were the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
What were the accomplishments of the Confederation Congress?
What is the historical background for the ideas in the Constitution?
Describe the debate over ratification of the Constitution.
Contrast and compare the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution.
B. Answer questions 1 – 7 on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. What was the Enlightenment?
2. Summarize the contributions of the following documents to our democratic
heritage.
a. The Magna Carta
b. The Mayflower Compact
c. The English Bill of
Rights
3. Give two examples of how their experiences as colonial subjects of
Great Britain influenced the Way the Continental Congress designed the new
government.
4. Using the glossary that starts on page. 718 define the following terms
a. a federal government b. confederation
c. republic d. sovereignty
5. List at least four powers of the Confederation Congress
6. List four limitations on the powers of the executive branch.
7. List three financial problems that the Confederation government faced.
You MUST bring your book to class to work on Wednesday’s homework. If you don’t have a book, you will have to give me a Jolly Roger to borrow one of mine.
A. Read p. 95 – 99 and 106 –113 in
the US Book
8. What was Shay's Rebellion and why did it become a significant turning
point towards recognizing the need for a new constitution?
9. List five weaknesses under the Articles of Confederation.
10. What was the Northwest Ordinance and what did it say in regard to the
rights of settlers in the new territory, Indian rights and slavery?
11. Turn to page 102 in your book and do exercise A in Exploring
Concepts
12. Summarize the Virginia Plan.
13. What did the writers of the Constitution borrow from the philosophies
of John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu?
14. What did the New Jersey Plan propose?
15. How did the Great Compromise resolve this conflict?
16. What were the positions taken by the New England and the Southern
states with regards to slavery?
17. How were these conflicting positions resolved?
A.
Read p. 118 - 122 in the US Book
B. Answer questions 18 - 21
18. Define Federalist and Antifederalist.
19. Give four reasons why the Antifederalists opposed the
Constitution.
20. What were the Federalist Papers
and who were the authors?
21. How many states were needed to ratify the new Constitution?
Friday, Nov. 9