Due Wednesday 10/20: Read Chapter 3, Section 1; "Political Dictionary" terms on p. 64
Due Friday 10/22: Current Event #3
Monday, October 18, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Test #2 Friday 10/15
Study Guide for the test (worth 40 points) due the day of the test.
Section 1 (pp. 28-32)
Magna Carta
1. Why was it created? What was going on at the time in England?
2. What rights were given?
3. What did the U.S. borrow from this document?
Petition of Right
4. Why was it created? What was going on at the time in England?
5. What rights were given?
6. What did the U.S. borrow from this document?
English Bill of Rights
7. Why was it created? What was going on at the time in England?
8. What rights were given?
9. What did the U.S. borrow from this document?
Section 2 (pp. 34-39)
10. How did Britain treat its American colonies prior to the mid-1700s?
11. What changed that lead Britain to begin heavy taxation of America?
12. What was the Albany Plan of Union?
13. Why wasn’t it successful?
14. What was the purpose of the Stamp Act Congress?
15. In what ways was it successful?
16. Describe what happened during the “Boston Massacre.”
17. Why did colonists dump British tea into Boston Harbor on December 16, 1773?
18. What was the purpose of the 1st Continental Congress?
19. What were the functions of the 2nd Continental Congress?
20. What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
21. What were some of the common features of state constitutions?
Section 3 (pp. 44-47)
22. What was the basic structure of the Articles of Confederation?
23. What powers did Congress have under the Articles of Confederation?
24. What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
25. What were some of the problems during the “Critical Period” of the 1780s that made it clear that a new form of government was necessary?
Section 4 (pp. 48-54)
26. Where and when was the Constitutional Convention?
27. What was the original purpose of the meeting?
28. What state was not represented at the meeting?
29. Why did the framers work in secrecy?
30. What was the basic structure of the Virginia Plan?
31. What did the New Jersey Plan call for to handle representation in Congress?
32. What type of states favored the New Jersey Plan? Why?
33. Explain how the Connecticut Compromise solved the issue of representation in Congress.
34. What was the purpose of the Three Fifths Compromise? What did it do?
35. What was the purpose of the “Commerce & Slave Trade Compromise?” What did it do?
36. In what way is the Constitution a “Bundle of Compromises?”
Section 5 (pp. 56-58)
37. What were the major arguments of the Federalists?
38. What were the major arguments of the Anti-federalists?
39. How did the Federalists win out and have the Constitution ratified?
Section 1 (pp. 28-32)
Magna Carta
1. Why was it created? What was going on at the time in England?
2. What rights were given?
3. What did the U.S. borrow from this document?
Petition of Right
4. Why was it created? What was going on at the time in England?
5. What rights were given?
6. What did the U.S. borrow from this document?
English Bill of Rights
7. Why was it created? What was going on at the time in England?
8. What rights were given?
9. What did the U.S. borrow from this document?
Section 2 (pp. 34-39)
10. How did Britain treat its American colonies prior to the mid-1700s?
11. What changed that lead Britain to begin heavy taxation of America?
12. What was the Albany Plan of Union?
13. Why wasn’t it successful?
14. What was the purpose of the Stamp Act Congress?
15. In what ways was it successful?
16. Describe what happened during the “Boston Massacre.”
17. Why did colonists dump British tea into Boston Harbor on December 16, 1773?
18. What was the purpose of the 1st Continental Congress?
19. What were the functions of the 2nd Continental Congress?
20. What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
21. What were some of the common features of state constitutions?
Section 3 (pp. 44-47)
22. What was the basic structure of the Articles of Confederation?
23. What powers did Congress have under the Articles of Confederation?
24. What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
25. What were some of the problems during the “Critical Period” of the 1780s that made it clear that a new form of government was necessary?
Section 4 (pp. 48-54)
26. Where and when was the Constitutional Convention?
27. What was the original purpose of the meeting?
28. What state was not represented at the meeting?
29. Why did the framers work in secrecy?
30. What was the basic structure of the Virginia Plan?
31. What did the New Jersey Plan call for to handle representation in Congress?
32. What type of states favored the New Jersey Plan? Why?
33. Explain how the Connecticut Compromise solved the issue of representation in Congress.
34. What was the purpose of the Three Fifths Compromise? What did it do?
35. What was the purpose of the “Commerce & Slave Trade Compromise?” What did it do?
36. In what way is the Constitution a “Bundle of Compromises?”
Section 5 (pp. 56-58)
37. What were the major arguments of the Federalists?
38. What were the major arguments of the Anti-federalists?
39. How did the Federalists win out and have the Constitution ratified?
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
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