1) What are the three branches of government and what are the powers of each?
-The Executive Branch
-President
-Carry out nation's laws and policies
-Power to veto laws by Congress
-Ability to Pardon someone
-The Judicial Branch
-Supreme Court
- The Legislative Branch
-Congress
-Senate
-House of Representatives
-Makes laws
-Declare War
-Collect taxes
-Control of Money
-Raise armies
2) How can these branches check and balance each other?
-Executive Branch
- to Judicial Branch: appoint judges
-to Legislative Branch: can veto laws
-Judicial Branch
-to Executive Branch: can declare acts of the president unconstitutional ie illegal
-to Legislative Branch: can declare Congress unconstitutional
-Legislative Branch
-to Judicial Branch: can impeach judges, can reject appointment of judges
-to Executive Branch: can override veto, can impeach president, can refuse to approve treaties
3) What were the compromises to the constitution?
-the addition of a president's office
-no mention of "slavery" and uses euphemisms to make it legal
-optional elimination by Congress in 20 years after it is ratified
-Congress gets two parts
-Senate: 2 people elected no matter the population
-House of Representative: amount of representatives based on population
4) Who wrote the Federalist papers?
-John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, & James Madison
5) What was the Bill of Rights? Why did some states demand its inclusion before they ratified the constitution?
-THe Bill of Rights are certain freedoms and rights that are put down and illegal to with-hold
-Example: freedom of religion, freedom of press
-Some states were worried the new federal government would abuse their powers
6) What were the anti-federalists main fears about the constitution?
-That the constitution would take away the freedom that America had just won form Britain
-It would ignore the weaker states, the people, and the not wealthy
-A small group of people would lead the government, instead of the people
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