Unit III Review Game

							         US History I : Midterm Review Game

 The 1st U.S.
govt. Attempt   Plans & Laws   Constitution   3 Branches



   100            100              100           100
   200            200              200           200
   300            300              300           300
   400            400              400           400
   500            500              500           500
                  GO BIG OR GO HOME!!
 Articles of Confederation were a loose
union of the 13 states, created after which
                   war?



             Revolutionary War
Shays’s Rebellion was proof that the Articles of Confederation
                             were


                          1– Strong
                          2– Weak




     Weak! Shays’s Rebellion made our leaders
    realize that the A.O.C. needed to be revised or
                 completely done over.
 Under the A.O.C., Congress did have
some powers. List 1 POWER they had!


             1- Declare War
             2-Sign Treaties
        3- Raise and army & navy
          4-Print & borrow $$$
         5- Organize a post office
The Northwest Ordinance was important
  for many reasons. List 1of the laws
 established in the Northwest Ordiance


  1- It set the rules of how a territory would be
                      governed
  2- It described the process of how a territory
  could become a state (needed 60,000 people)
       3- Banned slavery in this territory
   4- Gave settlers the same rights as citizens
               Daily Double!!


Describe one of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation



   1) All 13 states had to agree on laws that were being passed.
   2) They could not control interstate trade
   3) They could not require states to pay taxes
 At the Constitutional Convention,
delegates from small states strongly
       supported which plan?

       The New Jersey Plan
 Anti-Federalists criticized the U.S.
Constitution because the power was
mostly with the people, not the states.


            True or False

   False: The power was mostly with
              the states!
    How is the amount of
 congressmen in the Senate
        determined?
       1- by the population of the state
       2- every state sends 2 senators




2- every state sends 2 senators
In the Bill of Rights, it protects
   the citizens from abuses of
         the government
         True or False


           True!!!!!!!!!!!
List 1 Major Concern the Anti-Federalists
       had about the Constitution.


        Afraid President would rule like a king
         Afraid Congress would tax too much
     Constitution did not address individual rights
  For each branch of government list the
                  roles:
         Legislative Branch: ______ the laws
         Executive Branch: _______ the laws
          Judicial Branch: ________ the laws


1) Makes the laws
2) Carries out/Executes the laws
3) Interprets the laws
   The power of the Supreme Court to
 interpret the Constitution is known as…
A.Judicial Power
B.Interpretation Clause
C.Judge Power
D.Judicial Review



       Answer: Judicial Review
List 3 freedoms guaranteed to U.S.
     citizens in the Bill of Rights


A.   Freedom of Speech, Press, Religion
B.   No quartering of troops
C.   No unlawful search & seizure
D.   Right to a trial by a jury
E.   Right to bear arms
F.   Right to an attorney
The Preamble to the Constitution begins
               with…

A. We the people…
B. We hold these truths to be self-evident…
C. When in the course of human events…
D. In order to form a more perfect union…


Answer: A. We the people
In the Preamble, the government is said to
“insure domestic tranquility”. What does
               this mean?




        Answer: The
        government will keep
        peace and order
Which of the 3 branches can declare war?




          The Legislative Branch
           True or False:
Congress can create new laws that are
 necessary, according to the “elastic
               clause”



                 True
             Daily Double
 What do you call the system that allows
each branch of government to LIMIT the
    powers of the other 3 branches?


             Checks and Balances
              True or False:
   To make an amendment to the
Constitution, you need 100% approval
           from Congress.

  False: You need 68% approval
How many Supreme Court Justices are
             there?
  How long is their term of service?



         9 Supreme Court Justices
               Term = Life
        FINAL QUESTION
 TOPIC: Politics

QUESTION: What did Thomas Jefferson mean in
the following quote? Which event was he
describing?
“I hold that a little rebellion now and then is a good
thing, and as necessary in the political world as
storms in the physical”.

ANSWER:
Event = Shays’s Rebellion