Unit 3 Study Guide & Test

Monday, 11/7 (A-DAY)

• All students received their Unit 3 Study Guide, along with previously completed activities to assist in completing the study guide.  Entire class period provided to work on study guide.  Assignment will be due on Wednesday, 11/9 for 30 points (1 point per question).

Tuesday, 11/8 (B-DAY)

• All students received their Unit 3 Study Guide, along with previously completed activities to assist in completing the study guide.  Entire class period provided to work on study guide.  Assignment will be due on Thursday, 11/10 for 30 points (1 point per question).

Wednesday, 11/9 (A-DAY)

• Unit 3 Study Guide Due (Worth 30 points)
• Unit 3 Test (30 multiple choice questions, Worth 60 points)

Thursday, 11/10 (B-DAY)

• Unit 3 Study Guide Due (Worth 30 points)
• Unit 3 Test (30 multiple choice questions, Worth 60 points)

Units 3 Study Guide

Review all Unit 3 Notes & Activities!

1.      Which early English document (not American) influenced most state constitutions to 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 in regards to representation in Congress.
5.      Name the features of the Virginia Plan in regards to representation in Congress.
6.      List out 5 major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.	1.        2.        3.        4.        5.
7.      What were the arguments of the Federalists in support of the proposed Constitution?
8.      In the opinion of the Anti-Federalists, what important measures were missing from the proposed Constitution?  Explain why.
9.      What was the purpose of James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay in writing The Federalist?
10.  What is a confederation?
11.  What was the Great Compromise?
12.  Which Enlightenment thinker greatly influenced Thomas Jefferson? What evidence do we have of this?
13.  Which Continental Congress was responsible for the Declaration of Independence? Who was the main person involved in writing it?
14.  Explain the period known as “The Enlightenment”
15.  What three political principles did the Magna Carta establish?	1.        2.        3.
16.  What were the actions taken by the First Continental Congress?  What was King George’s reaction?
17.  How is the concept of “natural rights” discussed in the Declaration of the Independence?  Include an exact quote.
18.  How did the outcome of the French and Indian war affect the colonists?
19.  Why did the Tea Act anger the colonists?
20.  What were the Coercive Acts in response to? What did the colonists refer to these acts as?
21.  The Mayflower Compact established which major principle of government in the colonies?
22.  Explain why Shays’ Rebellion happened.
23.  How did Enlightenment thinker Baron de Montesquieu influence the Constitution?
24.  Explain the significance of Thomas Paine’s pamphlet “Common Sense”?
25.  How did John Locke’s idea of a “social contract” influence the writing of the Declaration of Independence?  Include a quote from the “D of I” where it is most evident.
26.  Quote 3 grievances found in the Declaration of Independence and explain what they mean. 27.  “I do not conceive we can exist long as a nation without having lodged somewhere a power, which will pervade the whole union in as energetic a manner as the authority of the state governments extends over several states.” Is this a Federalist or an Anti-Federalist quote?  Explain why.
28.  “State legislatures have no security for the powers now presumed to remain to them, or the people for their rights.” Is this a Federalist or an Anti-Federalist quote?  Explain why.
29.  “There is no Declaration of any kind for preserving the Liberty of the Press, the Trial by Jury in civil Causes; nor against the Danger of standing Armies in time of Peace.” Is this a Federalist or an Anti-Federalist quote?  Explain why.
30.  “The State Declarations of Rights are not repealed by this Constitution; and being in force are sufficient.” Is this a Federalist or an Anti-Federalist quote?  Explain why.