US CONSTITUTION WORKSHEET
The Constitution Process
1. Two groups of people stepped up to get things going. Who were they?
2. What did they set out to do?
3. Describe the Constitutional Convention. When was it?
4. What were some of the early influences of the early constitution?
5. The people who developed the Constitution were called what?
6. What did they believe the constitution should be?
7. Who wanted to come, who did and who didn’t?
8. Who presided? How did that go over?
9. There were two opposing plans proposed. What were they and what did they propose?
10. What is the most distinctive feature of our constitution?
11. Describe the Great Compromise.
12. Describe the 3/5 Compromise.
13. When was the Constitution passed?
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Government philosophies
14. Define a federalist government.
15. What powers are given the states and what powers are given to the federal government?
16. What are these powers called?
17. A Federalist government has how many branches?
18. What are they and what do they do?
19. What did the constitution need in order to be passed? Did that happen?
20. Describe Federalists and Anti-federalists.
21. Consider the debate between the two, what were the issues here?
The Constitution
22. The Preamble – what are the 6 goals of the preamble?
23. What are the Constitution’s 7 main principles?
24. What is an “elastic clause”?
25. Why does this Constitution work?
26. What is “necessary and proper” clause? What does it do?
27. What is the “take care” clause? What does it do?
Bill of Rights, etc.
28. What is the Bill of Rights?
29. Define due process.
30. What are our “Basic Freedoms”?
31. What makes a person a citizen?
32. What are a citizen’s duties?
33. What are a citizen’s responsibilities?
34. What does Ben Franklin believe that the only two certain things are?
35. How amendments are there in all?