The Constitution

The original government created by the Continental Congress was set up by what document?

The Articles of Confederation

The Articles of Confederation created a weak government because the people were afraid of tyranny.

True

In order to help regulate international trade, delegates were sent to Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation. Instead, they wrote the ____?

U.S. Constitution

Members of the House of Representatives serve for ___ years, while members of the Senate serve for ___ years.

2 , 6

________ is the belief that authority resides in both the national and state governments. That is why our government is called a federal government. States are in charge of some things, the national government is in charge of others. Some recent supreme court rulings are taking away state power and making it national. We should not let this happen!

Federalism

The Delegates who created the Constitution wanted which of the following? (May choose more than one.)

stronger national government,government made of three branches

An important reason the Articles of Confederation failed was because the national government could not collect tarrifs (taxes on imports). Who had the power to collect tarrifs?

the states

The Articles of Confederation allowed for several new states to be created.

true

There was no Executive Branch (president) and Judicial Branch (judges/courts) under the Articles of Confederation.

true

The anti-Federalists were afraid of strong government.

true

The ________, or common people, were the opponents of the Federalists, who tended to be wealthy.

Anti-Federalists

To make sure that no one branch of government got too powerful, a system of checks and ____ was created.

Balances

Smaller states supported the ________ Plan, which advocated a 1-house legislature and equal representation for each state.

Jersey

States with large populations favored the _____ Plan, which called for a 2-house legislative branch with reprepresentatives in proportion with state population,

Jersey

The Anti-Federalists were more in favor of powerful ______ governments, who could do a better job in protecting the rights of their people.

State

According to the Constitution, should the national government or state government decide moral issues?

State Government

The Framers (or delegates/writers of the Constitution) were afraid that too much democracy would be harmful. To offset this, senators were chosen by ________ and were typically seen as "upright" citizens.

State Legislatures