JROTC (Constitution)

1. What powers did the Articles of Confederation give to the Confederation Congress?
2. What did Shays's Rebellion convince the Confederation Congress to do?
3. What was the only state to not send delegates to the Constitutional Convention?
4. Who would benefit the most under the provisions of the Virginia Plan?
5. Amending the Constitution requires which two acts?
6. What did people pushing for ratification of the Constitution called themselves?
7. What were the inherent problems of the Articles of Confederation?
8. Why couldn't Loyalists recover property confiscated from them during the Revolutionary War?
9. Which delegate was chosen as presiding officer of the Constitutional Convention?
10. Why were the meetings during the Constitutional Convention closed to the public?
11. What is the definition of a federal system?
12. To convince Massachusetts to ratify the Constitution, the Federalists promised to support...
13. On what day in 1787 was the final draft of the Constitution signed?
14. What year did the Bill of Rights become a part of the Constitution?
15. Be able to distinguish between delegated powers, concurrent powers, and reserved powers.
16. Explain the system of checks and balances. How can each branch of government check and balance one another?
17. What majority of both houses of Congress does it take to propose an amendment?
18. Be able to determine information from charts, graphs, historical quotes, and time lines.
19. List the reasons that the Preamble states for creating the Constitution.
20. Who must sign a bill before it becomes a law?
21. An amendment must be proposed by what percentage of both houses of Congress?
22. What is a decline in the value of money called?
23. The Constitutional Convention was held in which city?
24. What term means "rule by the people?"
25. The two houses of Congress make up which branch of government?
26. Antifederalists opposed the Constitution because they believed it should have included...?
27. Who is considered to be the “father of the Constitution?”
28. The first ten amendments of the Constitution are called the...
29. Identify the three branches of government, as well as their respective duties.
30. Be able to identify the following Constitutional Amendments:
A.First Amendment
B.Second Amendment
C.Third Amendment
D.Fourth Amendment
E.Fifth Amendment
F.Eighth Amendment
G.Thirteenth Amendment
H.Fifteenth Amendment
I. Sixteenth Amendment
J. Eighteenth Amendment
K.Nineteenth Amendment
L.Twenty-first Amendment
M.Twenty-second Amendment
N.Twenty-fourth Amendment
O.Twenty-sixth Amendment

Short Answer Questions:

31. Why was it considered a weakness of the Articles of Confederation if for every state had one vote?
32. What protections does the Eighth Amendment give to the accused?
33. What are the "Civil War Amendments?"

Essay Question:

33. Explain the problems that faced the Confederation Congress because of its inability to tax or regulate commerce.