Chapter 11 Show and Quiz

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Chapter 11
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1 Call Of Change

• Shays Rebellion
• Shays rebellion was the cause for the changes in
  the Articles of Confederation. America was a poor
  country, and on top of that each state was
  printing there own currency. It was hard for
  colonists to spend money because one colony would
  not take the others money. A man named Daniel
  Shay stood against this. He and his followers
  fought back. They did not succeed but the
  American government knew things had to change.

• The Convention Delegates
• In Philadelphia the Constitutional Convention was
  meeting, 12 out of the 13 states arrived. The
  only state that didnt arrive was Rhode Island.
  55 men attended the convention and these men were
  known as the Founding Fathers. Among them were
  Benjamin Franklin at 81 years old, the oldest man
  a the convention. The convention was secret, and
  the delegates were extra precautious.

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2 Conflict and Compromise

• The Virginia Plan
• Just four days after the meetings begin, Governor
  Randolph of Virginia purposed a plan to the
  convention. This plan was the Virginia plan, and
  it stated that our government should consist of
  three branches, The Executive, the Legislative,
  and Judicial. This wasnt just a change in the
  articles of confederation, this was a completely
  new government.

• The Constitution
• Over the summer all of the delegates worked and
  sweated over this document. They came up with the
  way to vote and the great compromise. The
  tempers of the delegates often ran high but Ben
  Franklin soothed them with a kind story. They
  meet on September 17, 1787 for the last time. 39
  out of the 42 present signed the Constitution,
  now it was the county's opportunity to decide.

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3 Ratifying the Constitution

• The Antifederalists and federalists
• The Antifederalists were people who opposed the
  constitution. They didnt like it because of loss
  of state power. They thought a strong national
  government would swallow up the states. They also
  feared loss of individual power.
• Those who were for the Constitution were called
  federalists. They knew that each state had there
  own Bill of Rights and laws.

• The States Decide
• It was time for the country to vote. New Jersey,
  Georgia, Maryland, and Connecticut quickly
  approved it. The government needed New York and
  Virginia. New York because without it the country
  would be divided, and Virginia because it was
  their largest state. New York voted 30 YES and 27
  NO. Virginia voted 89 to 79 YES. New Hampshire
  was the 9th state to ratify the constitution, and
  the last needed to make it law. The last two
  states to ratify were North Carolina and Rhode
  Island, and they ratified about two years later.

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4 A More Perfect Union

• Checks and Balances
• The system of checks and balances is a way for
  our government to keep each branch of the
  government from gaining too much power. For
  example, the Legislative branch (Congress) can
  impeach and remove federal judges from the
  judicial branch (the Supreme Court). Each branch
  has powers the other branches dont. This way,
  they can make sure the other branches dont
  misuse their power.

• Bill of Rights
• In 1791 Congress made the first 10 additions to
  the Constitution. These additions are called
  amendments. This list of amendments are known as
  the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights answered a
  lot of concerns people had about the
  Constitution. They were afraid they would lose
  individual rights. The Bill of Rights protects
  many of the freedoms that people cherished.

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• These questions will be in the back of the book
  and you may not be able to answer them from the
  slide show

1) What factor led to Shays rebellion? What are
the consequences of the rebellion?
2) What problems led some Americans to call for
revisions in the articles of Confederation?
3) Describe the government proposed in the
Virginia Plan?
4) What issues caused controversy in the debate
over the legislative branch? How were they
resolved?
5) What issue caused the greatest controversy in
the debate over the executive branch? How was it
resolved?
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Quiz cont
6) What were the concerns of the Antifederalists?
7) By what process did the constitution become
the law of the land?
8) How can the judicial branch check the powers
of the other branches of the federal government?
9) What powers are shared by both federal and
state governments?
10) How is a plan for dealing with change built
into the constitution?