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Constitution_Review
Questions from the Constitution review sheet
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the first plan of gov. for the U.S.? What is the Main reason it failed? | The Articles of Confederation failed because it gave too much power to the State Govs and not enough to the Federal Gov. |
| What is a constitution? Who designed the Constitution? | A Constitution is a plan of government, usually written as a formal document. The people who designed it were known as the Framers of the Constitution, or the Founding Fathers. |
| Who is considered the Father of the Constitution? Why? | James Madison, because he wrote most of it, and also over 1/3 of the Federalist Papers, which promoted the Constitution. |
| What kind of states did the Virginia plan favor? Why? | Large states, because it said that the larger your population, the more votes you would have in Congress. |
| What does the Great Compromise say? | The Great Compromise says that there will be 2 Houses of Congress. The House of Reps. will have representatives based of population of the state. The Senate will have 100 senators, 2 from each state. |
| How did the North and the South compromise around slavery for the purpose of counting population for seats in the House of Reps.? | They decided that slaves would count as 3/5 of a normal person when counting population. |
| How was this compromise demeaning to the slaves? | In the Declaration of Independence, there is a line that says, "All men are created equal," and being counted as 3/5 of a person isn't equal. |
| What does it mean to ratify a document? | It means to approve that document by voting. |
| On what date was the Constitution signed, and in what year was it ratified by the 9th state? | The Constitution was signed on 9/17/1787, and the 9th state to ratify it did so in 1788. |
| What is the purpose of the Preamble to the Constitution? | The purpose of the Preamble is to say that why the US needed a new government, and it lists all the things we could achieve with one. "A more perfect union...domestic tranquility...blessings of liberty, etc. |
| What is the purpose of the Judicial Branch? | The purpose of the Judicial Branch is to interpret the law. |
| What is the purpose of the Legislative branch? | The purpose of the Legislative Branch is to make new laws. |
| What is the purpose of the Executive branch? | The purpose of the Executive Branch is to carry out the law. |
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