POWERPOINT RESEARCH QUESTIONS
Chapter 4, 5,6
Group 1:____________________________________, ________________________________________
1.
Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, and Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom
a. How did these documents influence ideas the United States government system?
Group 2:____________________________________, ________________________________________
2.
Articles of Confederation
a. What powers were granted to Congress by the Articles of Confederation?
b. What powers were limited to Congress and what problems resulted from the Articles of Confederation?
Group 3:____________________________________, ________________________________________
3.
Land Ordinance of 1785 and Northwest Ordinance or 1787
a. How were public lands divided and states created?
b. What important and original ideas or laws were created from these Ordinances?
Group 4:____________________________________, ________________________________________
4.
Daniel Shay and Shay’s Rebellion
a. How did Shay’s Rebellion lead to a call for change in the United States Government?
b. What were Daniel Shay’s actions and why did he commit them?
Group 5:____________________________________, ________________________________________
5.
Constitutional Convention
a. Who attended and what did the delegates discuss at the Constitutional Convention?
b. How did the Constitutional Convention resolve the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation?
Group 6:____________________________________, ________________________________________
6.
Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan
a. How did state issues lead to debate over the structure of the central government?
b. What is each plan’s design for a government system?
Group 7:____________________________________, ________________________________________
7.
Great Compromise and Three-Fifths Compromise
a. What is the Great Compromise and why did it work?
b. How did delegates views differ on the issue of the slaves and slave trade?
Group 8:____________________________________, ________________________________________
8.
United States Constitution
a. Why, Who, When, Where, What, and How was it created?
b. What type of government did the Constitution establish for the United States?
Group 9:____________________________________, ________________________________________
9.
Legislative Branch
a. How does the Senate and House of Representatives work?
b. What are the powers, structure, and leaders of the Legislative Branch?
Group 10:____________________________________, ________________________________________
10. Executive Branch
a. What powers are granted to the president?
b. What are the powers, structure, and leaders of the Executive Branch?
Group 11:____________________________________, ________________________________________
11. Judicial Branch
a. What powers are granted to the Supreme Court?
b. What are the powers, structure, and leaders of the Judicial Branch?
Group 12:____________________________________, ________________________________________
12. Checks and Balance, Separation of Powers, and Federalism
a. Describe how the United States divides the government’s POWER.
b. Show examples of how checks and balances work between the branches of government.
Group 13:____________________________________, ________________________________________
13. Federalist and Federalist Papers
a. Who are the Federalist and what is their main argument for supporting the Constitution?
b. Why are the Federalist Papers essential roles in the ratification of the Constitution?
Group 14:____________________________________, ________________________________________
14. Anti-Federalist
a. Who are the Anti-Federalist and what is their main argument against the Constitution?
Group 15:____________________________________, ________________________________________
15. Bill of Rights
a. Why did Congress add the Bill of Rights to the Constitution?
b. Amendments #I, II, III, IV, V
Group 16:____________________________________, ________________________________________
16. Bill of Rights
a. Why did the Anti-Federalist add the Bill of Rights to the Constitution?
b. Amendments # VI, VII, VIII, IX, X
Group 17:____________________________________, ________________________________________
17. Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship
a. Ch. 5 Section 3: Explain how “Gaining U.S. Citizenship,” “Duties of Citizenship,” “Citizens and Government.”
Group 18:____________________________________, ________________________________________
18. The First President
a. Ch. 6 Section 1: Explain the electoral college process, precedent process, Judiciary Act, his accomplishments, and
Farewell Speech.
Group 19:____________________________________, ________________________________________
19. Alexander Hamilton and National Finances
a. Ch. 6 Section 2: How did Hamilton want to handle the “national debt,” “state Debts,” “Bank of the United States,”
and his “economic plans?”