6-A New Nation

Vocabulary

1.       Articles of Confederation

2.      legislative

3.      judicial

4.      executive

5.      ratify

6.      inflation

7.      Shay’s Rebellion

Essential Questions

1. What was the purpose of the Articles of Confederation?

2. What does the legislative branch do?

3. What does the judicial branch do?

4. What does the executive branch do?

5. What had to take place for the new government to take effect?

6. How did the states feel about establishing a new government?

7. What were some of the weaknesses of the newly established states?

8. What was the result of taxation in the states?

9. How did Congress deal with new lands?

10. What were 2 effects of the new ordinances? 

Vocabulary

1.       delegates

2.      Constitutional Convention

3.      veto

4.      checks and balances

5.      powers of government

Essential Questions

1. About what did the delegates of the Constitutional Convention disagree?

2. How did they solve the problem of smaller states having equal representation in the House of Representatives?

3. What bodies make up the United States Congress?

4. What was the Great Compromise?

5. What does separation of powers, and checks and balances mean?

6. What are some powers of the state government?

7. What are some powers of the national government?

8. What are some shared powers between the federal and state government?

9. How did the framers protect individual rights?

10. What are some powers that the president has? 

Vocabulary

1.       Federalists

2.      Anti-Federalists

3.      Bill of Rights

4.      amendments

5.      due process

Essential Questions

1. Want ideals did the Federalists stand for?

2. Want ideals did the Anti-Federalists stand for?

3. Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?

4. What must happen for the Constitution to take effect?

5. How was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?

6. What is the first amendment?

7. What is the second amendment?

8. What is the fourth amendment?

9. What is the fifth amendment?

10.  What does due process mean?

Vocabulary

1.       popular sovereignty

2.      democracy

3.      rule of law

4.      judicial review

Essential Questions

1. What is the highest law in the United States?

2. What is popular sovereignty?

3. What type of government is the United States?

4. What is the purpose of government?

5. What does “rule of law” mean?

6. What is judicial review?

7. What are some agencies in which the government protects its citizens?

8. What is the Bill of Rights?

9. What steps must be taken to amend the Constitution?

10. What are the 15th, 19th and 26th Amendments? 

Test Review - Concepts

1. Northwest Ordinance

2. Articles of Confederation

3. Great Compromise

4. Bill of Rights

5. Preamble

6. Legislative Branch

7. Judicial Branch

8. Executive Branch

9. Bill becomes a law

10. Amendments 1-10, 13, 15, 19

Constitution

1.   What is the Constitution?

2.  When was the Constitution written?

3.  What is the Bill of Rights?

4.  How did the Bill or Rights help the Constitution become ratified?

5.  How does the Bill of Rights help citizens?

6.  When were the Bill of Rights added?

7.  What is the job of the judicial branch?

8. What is the job of the executive branch?

9.  What is the job of the legislative branch?

10.  Why does the United States have three branches of government?