Name: U.S. History
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Mental Warm-Up:
Articles of Confederation & Constitutional Convention Review Sheet 1 (of 2)
Directions: Answer the following questions to the best of your ability without the use of your notes or handouts. Once you have exhausted the knowledge in your brain, you may use your handouts to answer the remaining questions.
1. Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence? ______
(The World’s Most Famous Break-Up Letter handout)
2. What was the date that the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence?
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(The World’s Most Famous Break-Up Letter handout)
3. What were the three unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence? ______
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(The World’s Most Famous Break-Up Letter handout)
4. What was ironic (unexpected/ surprising) about Jefferson writing the words “all men are created equal”? ______
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(The World’s Most Famous Break-Up Letter handout)
5. What were some of the Colonists’ grievances against the King listed in the Declaration? ______
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(The World’s Most Famous Break-Up Letter handout)
6. Who did the colonists blame for the “break-up”? Support your statement using evidence from the text of the Declaration of Independence. ______
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(The World’s Most Famous Break-Up Letter handout)
7. What are the three levels of government in the United States today? ______
(Level of Government Class Notes)
8. Which level of government currently has the power to tax its citizens? ______
(Level of Government Class Notes)
9. What was the name of the first government about by the “independent” United States? ______
______
(American Government – Take One! handout)
10. Did the colonists want to create a strong or weak national government after gaining their independence? Why? ______
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(American Government – Take One! handout)
11. In your opinion, what is the most important power that the national government lacked under the Articles of Confederation? ______
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(American Government – Take One! handout, Successes & Failures of the Articles of Confederation handout)
12. What two events helped the founding fathers to understand that they needed to create a new government? (describe each in detail) ______
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(American Government – Take One! handout, Successes & Failures of the Articles of Confederation handout)
13. When and where was the Constitutional Convention held? ______
(Who’s Representin’ Who – Examining the Constitutional Convention handout)
14. Describe some of the characteristics shared by 55 delegates in attendance at the Constitutional Convention. ______
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(Who’s Representin’ Who – Examining the Constitutional Convention handout)
15. How did the racial, gender and economic make-up of the delegates affect the rights of people of color, women and impoverished people living in the United States in the late 1700s? ______
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(Who’s Representin’ Who – Examining the Constitutional Convention handout)
16. What was the Virginia Plan (author, plan for representation, geographic region favored by the plan)?
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(The Problem of Representation: Examining the New Jersey & Virginia Plans handout)
17. What was the New Jersey Plan (author, plan for representation, geographic region favored by the plan)?
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(The Problem of Representation: Examining the New Jersey & Virginia Plans handout)
18. What was the Great Compromise? ______
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(The Problem of Representation: Examining the New Jersey & Virginia Plans handout)
19. When were the first slaves brought to the American colonies? ______
(Were the States Truly United: Slavery & the Constitutional Convention handout)
20. True or False. Throughout American history, slavery has only existed in the South.
I think this statement is ______(true/false) because: ______
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(Were the States Truly United: Slavery & the Constitutional Convention handout)
21. How many of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention were slave owners? How might this impact the rights of slaves under the new government they were drafting? ______
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(Were the States Truly United: Slavery & the Constitutional Convention handout)
22. What was the 3/5 Compromise? ______
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(Were the States Truly United: Slavery & the Constitutional Convention handout)
23. In what year was slave trade made illegal by the delegates at the Constitutional Convention? ______
(Were the States Truly United: Slavery & the Constitutional Convention handout)
24. Were the state truly united during the 1787 Constitutional Convention? Support your answer with at least 3 specific historical facts.
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(The Problem of Representation: Examining the New Jersey & Virginia Plans and Were the States Truly United: Slavery & the Constitutional Convention handout)
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