Review to Constitution

Which ethnic group lived in North America prior to Europeans arriving?

• African Americans

• Native Americans

• Europeans were always here

What was the Enlightenment?

• Similar to the Dark Ages

• When electricity was discovered

• A change in outlook/thinking of educated Europeans in the 1600-1700s

Enlightenment thinkers affected later societies by

• addressing Feudalism

• managing to control political affiars

• by addressing social and political issues

John Locke's ideas about natural rights like life, liberty and property inspired which founding American document?

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

Which Enlightenment thinker promoted freedom of speech, religious toleration and separation of church and state?

• Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• Rosseau

The Federal System....

• created the Constitution

• created the Bill of Rights

• created a Republic with 3 separate branches of government

• created a Democracy with 4 separate branches of government

Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation include:

• making war and peace

• bill of rights included and separation of powers

• couldn't regulate trade and congress didn't have power to tax

• raising and army and borrowing money

The 3/5's Compromise at the Constitutional Convention

• Counted slaves as 3/5 of a person for state population

• 3/5 of the states had to approve the new constitution

• Gave 3/5 of the House of Reps power over the Senate

• Created 3 equal branches of govt with 5 depts.

The Preamble of the Constitution....

• Is the ending of the Constitution

• is the declaration of rights

• is the middle

• introduces the Constitution by saying "We the People of the United States of America"

In order to serve in the United States House of Representatives, one must:

• -be 35 years old

  -a natural born citizen

  -live in the U.S. for 14 years and are elected to a 4-year term

• -be 25 years old

  -live in the state they are representing

  -live in the U.S. for 7 years and are elected to a 2-year term

• -be 30 years old

  -live in the state they are representing

  -live in the U.S. for 9 years and are elected to a 6-year term