Class Update/Chapter 5 Study Guide

Wednesday, 11/19 (B-Day)
EARLY RELEASE
Chapter 5, Lesson 4 Notes

Thursday, 11/20 (A-Day)
Chapter 5 Project Due
Chapter 5, Lesson 4 Notes
Study Guides Handed Out (Not a Grade) 
Scholarship Warnings Handed Out (To Be Signed By Parent/Guardian & Returned On Monday, 11/24)

Friday, 11/21 (B-Day)
Chapter 5 Project Due
Study Guides Handed Out (Not a Grade)
Scholarship Warnings Handed Out (To Be Signed By Parent/Guardian & Returned On Tuesday, 11/25)

Monday, 11/24 (A-Day)
Chapter 5 Test
Scholarship Warnings Due (For Students with Failing Grades)
Late Projects Due for Half Credit

Tuesday, 11/25 (B-Day)
Chapter 5 Test
Scholarship Warnings Due (For Students with Failing Grades)
Late Projects Due for Half Credit

Chapter 5 Study Guide

Review all 4 lessons of Chapter 5 (That means read them again!)

·         Examine the six purposes of the Preamble to the Constitution.

·         Know the 5 principles of government.

·         Understand the seven Articles and what each one establishes in the Constitution.

o   Lazy Elephants Jump Slowly And Sleep Regularly

1.   Why did most state constitutions include a bill of rights?
2.   Why did the Articles of Confederation create such a weak central government?
3.   How did the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation lead to Shays’ Rebellion?
4.   Name the features of the New Jersey Plan.
5.   Name the features of the Virginia Plan.
6.   Why did small states fear the Virginia Plan?
7.   Who were the Federalists and what were their arguments in support of the proposed Constitution?
8.   In the opinion of the Anti-Federalists, what important measures were missing from the proposed Constitution?
9.   What was the purpose of James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay in writing The Federalist?
10.               What is a constitution?
11.               What is a confederation?
12.               Why did the states form a confederation?
13.               How did the compromise over trade regulation satisfy both Northern and Southern interest?
14.               What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
15.               What disagreement did the Three-Fifths Compromise settle?
16.               What was the Great Compromise?
17.               How is an amendment proposed?
18.               How is an amendment ratified?
19.               What is the “necessary and proper” clause?
20.               What is popular sovereignty?  How is it applied in our government?
21.               What is the Supremacy Clause?
22.               What is the purpose of checks and balances?