1. Ch. 5 “Creating a Constitution”
Section 3 “Ratifying the Constitution”
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2. Vocabulary Ratification Federalist Anti-Federalist The Federalist
John Jay
The Bill of Rights
Popular sovereignty
Limited government
Separation of powers
Checks and balances
Electoral college.

3. Review-Prepare your Response Cards

4. What did the Federalists want the Constitution to provide?
A) a bill of rights protecting basic liberties
B) a strong central government
C) unlimited power for the state governments
D) citizens’ conventions

5. B) a strong central government

6. Anti-Federalists criticized the Constitution as
A) concentrating too much power in the hands of a few
B) granting too much power to the states
C) weakening the national government by guaranteeing civil liberties.
D) containing too many checks and balances.

7. A) concentrating too much power in the hands of a few

8. Which of the following was a prominent Federalist?
A) Samuel Adams
B) Patrick Henry
C) Richard Henry Lee
D) James Madison

9. D) James Madison

10. To win support for the Constitution, Federalists promised to add
A) the abolition of slavery
B) the popular election of the President.
C) a strong federal judiciary.
D) a Bill of Rights.

11. D) a Bill of Rights

12. The first 10 amendments to the Constitution is called the ___
a) Bill of Rights
B) popular sovereignty
C) electoral college
D) Checks & balances

13. A) the Bill of Rights

14. A system in which different branches of government limit one another’s power
a) Bill of Rights
B) popular sovereignty
C) electoral college
D) Checks & balances

15. D) Checks and Balances

16. A system in which government power comes from the people
a) Bill of Rights
B) popular sovereignty
C) electoral college
D) Checks & balances

17. B) popular sovereignty

18. True/False
Critics of the Constitution were known as Federalists because they denounced it as a retread from the liberty won by the Revolution.

19. False

20. True/False
A promise of a Bill of Rights was the most important factor in getting the Constitution ratified.

21. True

22. True/False
Popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, federalism, checks and balances and representative government are all political principles in the U.S. Constitution.

23. True