1. How did the delegates distribute powers between national and state governments? 2.12
Vocabulary
bill of attainder
ex post facto
secede
supremacy clause
tariff

2. What powers did the National Government have over state governments and people
States conducting their own foreign affairs and undermining the national government. Under A of C they had no power
Delegates addresses concerns in the Articles of the Constitution

3. Congress can:
Article I, Sec.4 states determine how legislators are elected but Congress has the right to change this rule
Article I, Sec.8 call national militia to duty for enforcing laws, stopping rebellion, and to protect nation
Article IV, Sec. 3 power to create states
Article IV, Sec.4 power to guarantee republican government in the states (they can’t go to monarchy)
Article IV, Sec. 4 protect states from invasion or domestic violence
Article VI, Sec. 2 Supremacy Clause makes constitution SUPREME Law of the Land. Judges in State courts must follow Constitution, federal laws and treaties

4. What limits did the delegates place on the national government?
Could not suspend the writ of habeas corpus
Could not pass ex post facto (changing the legality of an act after it has passed
Prohibited bill of attainder-a punishment in which the legislature says someone is guilty of a crime, not the courts
Can not suspend the right of trial by jury
Congress can not alter the law (definition) of treason
Members can not be arrested while in session (unless treason, Felony or breech of the peace
Can not impose a religious test
Impeachment right protects right to trial for offials
Can not make money with out appropriation bill and can’t grant titles (like Sir John)

5. Limits on state governments
Article 1 sec 10 prohibits
Coining their own money
Passing laws that effect payment of debts
Making ex post facto laws or bills of attainder
Treaties of war declarations with foreign nations
Granting titles of nobility
Taxing import or export other than inspection cost
Keeping troops or warships in peacetime
Article IV
Unfair discrimination of citizens in other states
Refusal to return fugitives of justice from place where they fled

6. What was missing? Slavery National citizenship
Voting rights mostly undetermined
Rules about holding public office
Blurry lines between state and national power
Did states have the right to secede

7. How did slavery affect the distribution of national and state power?
Read the section on p.88 and discuss the lead question
Then address the critical thinking questions