Gov Lesson 6 Questions

Valued order more than liberty and supported the creation of a very strong executive

Alexander Hamilton

A person who opposed the ratification of the Constitution

Anti-Federalist

A person who supported the Constitution

Anti-Federalist

Believed that ordinary people should have great input into government

Anti-Federalist

Distrusted elites; though they were corrupt

Anti-Federalist

Favored strong state governments and believed that the national government created by the Constitution was too strong

Anti-Federalist

George Mason

Anti-Federalist

Created a bicameral legislature, set qualifications for holding office in each house, and carefully enumerated powers, such as regulating interstate commerce and declaring wars.

Article 1

_____ forbids the states to form alliances or enter with foreign countries or to coin their own money.

Article 1, Section 10

Vested the power to execute laws in a president of the United State and set his or her qualifications and term of office.

Article 2

Established a Supreme Court and defined its jurisdiction

Article 3

_____ defined the relationship between the federal government and the states in a system of federalism.

Article 4

_____ provides methods of amending the Constitution.

Article 5

_____ declared the Constitution as "the Supreme Law of the Land.

Article 6

An example would be when the president nominates Supreme Court justices, the Senate can refuse to confirm the nominees.

Checks and balances

Enacts laws

Congress

The basis of the United States government

Constitution

Headed by George Washington

Continental Army

For the Constitution to be the law, it had to be ratified by the President.

False

For the new form of government, James Madison of Virginia wrote a plan that would create two branches of government that would not usurp power from each other.

False

_____ divides the power of government between national and state governments

Federalism

Alexander Hamilton

Federalist

Believed the Union would fail without a strong central government

Federalist

Property owners, landed wealthy, well-to-do

Federalist

Supported a strong national government to preserve order

Federalist

While leading the Continental Army during the revolution, he became convinced that the chaotic government needed more structure

George Washington

Conceded that an executive was necessary, but saw the legislature as the preserver of liberty and an important check on the power of the executive

James Madison

_____ and _____ tilt the federalist balance toward national law.

Supremacy Clause and Elastic Clause

Believed that "a little rebellion now and then" was a good thing tilted his balance more toward liberty

Thomas Jefferson

One main obstacle to the ratification of the Constitution was the number of representatives each state would have in Congress.

True

One of the reasons why the states decided to change the Articles of Confederation was because many Americans got worried that, after the Shay Rebellion and without a strong government, the nation will not survive the next uprising.

True

The fear of this forced the Founders to build a system in which the powers of each branch would be used to check the powers of the other two branches.

Tyrannical Gov't