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Chapter 5: Creating the Constitution

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Chapter 5: Creating the Constitution

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  1. Chapter 5:Creating the Constitution

  2. Primary Source Document [T]hese Powers… are so distributed among the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches, into which the general Government is arranged, that is can never be in danger of [becoming] a monarchy, and Oligarchy, an Aristocracy, or any other despotic or oppressive form; so long as there shall remain any virtue in the body of the People… [This] Constitution… is provided with more checks and barriers against the introduction of tyranny… than any government [ever] institute among mortals [has] possessed. We are not to expect perfection in this world: but mankind, in modern times, have apparently made some progress in the science of Government. Should that which is not offered to the People of America, be found on experiment less perfect than it can be made – a Constitutional door is left open for its [repair]. ~ George Washington, letter to the Marquis de Lafayette, 1788

  3. Primary Source Document These powers are so distributed among the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches, into which the general Government is arranged, that is can never be in danger of becoming a monarchy, and Oligarchy, an Aristocracy, or any other despotic or oppressive form; so long as there shall remain any virtue in the body of the People. This Constitution is provided with more checks and barriers against the introduction of tyranny than any government ever institute among mortals has possessed. We are not to expect perfection in this world: but mankind, in modern times, have apparently made some progress in the science of Government. Should that which is not offered to the People of America, be found on experiment less perfect than it can be made – a Constitutional door is left open for its repair. ~ George Washington, letter to the Marquis de Lafayette, 1788 How does the Constitution defend against tyranny? How does it protect against weaknesses that might be found in the future? Why does George Washington support he Constitution, according tot his letter? To what does “a Constitutional door is left open” refer?

  4. What is a unicameral legislature? • One body of lawmakers elected by the people • One body of lawmakers selected by the governor • One body of lawmakers chosen by representatives What is a unicameral legislature? • A lawmaking body with a single house of elected representatives • A lawmaking body with two houses of elected representatives • An executive committee that preserves Britain’s political traditions

  5. Under the Articles of Confederation, who chose the members of Congress? • Citizens • Governors • State legislatures Under the Articles of Confederation, who chose the federal government's Congress of delegates? • The people • State governors • State legislatures

  6. Under the Articles, a small state, such as Rhode Island, has a much power as a larger state, such as Virginia, because • Each state had only one vote • Representation was determined by a state’s population • There was no executive branch Which of the following provided a plan for governing the western lands? • Articles of Confederation • Land Ordinance of 1785 • Northwest Ordinance of 1787

  7. The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was to • Change the New Jersey Plan • Write the US Constitution • Dismantle of the national government • Revise the Articles of Confederation Which plan was most like the Articles of Confederation? • Virginia Plan • New Jersey Plan • Great Compromise • Three-Fifths Compromise

  8. Slaveholding states gained more seats in Congress under the • Great Compromise • Connecticut Compromise • Three-Fifths Compromise The Three-Fifths Compromise resulted in • Abolition of the slave trade • More representation in Congress for larger states • More representation in Congress for Southern States

  9. Federalists favored ratification because they wanted • A weak executive branch • A strong central government • A purely democratic form of government The idea that government gets its power from the people is (which principle provides for a system in which the government derives its power from the governed?) • Federalism • Limited government • Popular sovereignty

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