Constitution Study Guide
Primary vs. Secondary Sources
1. Define Primary Source:
2. Define Secondary Source
Creating the US Government (1st page)
3. Define Founding Fathers:
4. What is the name of the document that officially declared us independent from England?
5. Where were the Halifax and Mecklenburg Resolves created?
6. What important document did Thomas Jefferson write?
7. What was the function of the Articles of Confederation?
8. Why is July 4, 1776 so significant?
9. Another word for changes is ______
10. What system of government gave most of the power to the states?
11. Why were the Articles of Confederation considered weak?
12. What word means a formal meeting or series of meetings for political purposes?
13. Define Article:
14. What happened with the Articles of Confederation because people were afraid of a too powerful government?
Shay’s Rebellion Notes
15. What problem occurred because the Articles of Confederation had no national army?
16. What showed the country that the US needed a stronger national government?
17. What was the immediate cause of Shay’s Rebellion?
Creating the Government Notes—most of the second page about Constitution
18. What are checks and balances?
19. Why are checks and balances important?
20. What was the function of the Constitutional Convention?
21. What part of the Constitution explains how the government is set up and how its powers are divided?
22. What was the name of the plan that wanted equal representation in government?
23. What was the name of the plan that wanted representation in government based on the population of each state?
24. What does the word suffrage mean?
25. What was the name of the plan that allowed for everyone to agree on the government’s set up?
26. How did the above plan work out the argument about representation in the US Government?
27. What word means a government that is not ruled by a king and the power rests with the people?
28. What is sovereignty?
29. What is popular sovereignty?
30. The Senate and the House of Representatives make up which branch of government?
31. What meeting was the US Constitution debated and created?
32. What set Congress up with 2 houses so that state representation was fair? (bicameral)
33. Define ratification:
Creating the US Government notes (bottom of second page until end…One More Step)
34. Define Federalists:
35. Define Anti-Federalists:
36. What was published to show support for the ratification of the US Constitution before the Bill of Rights was added?
37. What is judicial review?
38. What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called?
39. What guarantees that we will always have our God-given rights?
40. What is Nationalism?
41. Who created the First National Bank?
Government Vocab Sheet
42. Veto
43. Bill
44. Policy
45. Separation of Powers
46. Impeach
Government Branches Chart
47-49. Give the other names of the following branches of government:
47. Legislative—
48. Executive—
49. Judicial—
50-52. Give the main function of the following branches of government:
50. Legislative—
51. Executive—
52. Judicial—
Government Branches Activity
53. How many representatives belong to the Senate from each state?
54. How many representatives belong to the House of Representatives from each state?
*Use your vocab cards and notebooks as well to study for this test!