CREATING A NEW GOVERNMENT
STUDY GUIDE
You will be quizzed in a short answer and short essay format (no matching or multiple choice on this one, sorry) on the following information. Most answers not only ask for a definition / description, but also for examples (we love those concrete details). Use your class notes, text readings, and packet to review.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
Important people and their roles
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
The Great Compromise
The 3/5 Compromise
The Compromise over Electing the President
RATIFICATION
Anti-Federalists: leaders, main objections to the Constitution
Federalists: leaders, responses to the objections of the Anti-Federalists
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
Subject matter of each Article by Article number
Federalism
Separation of Powers
Checks and Balances
The Preamble (memorize it word-for-word)
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