Constitution Overview

Why was the Constitutional Convention important?

• America declared its independence there

• The Articles of Confederation were drafted there

• The US Constitution was written there

• It ended slavery in the US

This group is considered the authors of the Constitution

• Federalists
• Anti-Federalists

This group wanted a strong federal government

• Federalists
• Anti-Federalists

Anti-Federalists believed...

• there central government was too powerful

• there should be a more powerful central government

What are the two parts of the US Congress?

• The Senate and House of Representatives

• The Supreme Court and the Senate

• The President and the Cabinet

The word ratify means:

• To disagree

• To approve

• To start

Which group was afraid that the Constitution gave too much power to the executive branch and thought the president would end up being like a king.

• Radicals

• Advocates

• Anti-Federalists

• Federalists

Which group would agree with this quote," ...after so recent a triumph [win] over the British king, after blood has been spent, it is truly astonishing [surprising] that a set of men among our Americans would champion [support] a government that would destroy our liberties."

• Federalist

• Anti-Federalist

Anti-Federalists...

• Were popular with the lower classes

• Were represented by Jefferson and Adams.

• Wanted the states to have more power than the federal government

• All of the Above

Bicameral means...

• Three House
• Two House
• One House
• Five House