Articles of Confederation & the Constitution
Articles of Confederation & the Constitution Name: ________________________________________ #______
Quiz Date: __________
Articles of Confederation A direct result of colonists experiences under royal governors, the King and Parliament Americans wanted all the rights to be controlled by their state governments Continental Congress was the model for the A.O.C. Authority for governance rested with the states, not with the people States were represented and each of the 13 states had one vote There was 13 different militaries, sets of rules, and types of money The national Congress could make laws, but could not levy taxes to support itself The national government could request money from the states, and they had no branches of government or court systems It needed changing!
The Constitution
It was written to solve problems from the weaknesses of the A.O.C.
It was based on the idea that governments comes directly from the people.
The first words are “We the People…”
Powers are shared between state and federal governments (this system is known as federalism)
Congress has two houses 1) Senate: 2 senators per state (not based on population) 2) House of Representatives: the number of representatives is based on the population of the state (South Carolina has 6 members)
Provides for a legislative, executive, and judicial branch
Has a president (Our current president is Barack Obama)
Both Documents
Both of these documents are similar because they both provided for the establishment of government. These documents are different in their understanding of where the authority for government rests and in the powers that are given to the national government.
Study Guide: Articles of Confederation & the Constitution Name: _____________________________________ #______
Quiz Date: _______________ The Articles of Confederation
1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
Why was the Articles of Confederation written? _____________________________________________________________ In the Articles of Confederation, who did the authority of government rest with? _________________________________ How many states were there? ____________________________________________________________________________ How many votes did each state have? _____________________________________________________________________ Each state had a different _____________________________, _____________________________, and _____________________________. 6) Did it need to be changed?______________________________________________________________________________ 7) Why was the Articles of Confederation weak? It only had a legislative branch. It could make laws but not pass them.
It couldn’t collect enough money from states to pay for the war. It couldn’t put tariffs on imports of British goods without state approval. The Constitution
8) Why was the Constitution written?________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9) Based on the Constitution, government should come from whom? ____________________________________________ 10) What are the first three words of the Constitution? _________________________________________________________ 11) What is federalism? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 12) Name the two houses of congress. 1. ____________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________________ 13) How many senators does each state get? _________________________________________________________________ 14) How many members of the House of Representatives? ______________________________________________________ How many members does South Carolina have? __________________________________________________ 15) What are the three branches of government the Constitution provides? _________________________________________
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16) Who is our president? _________________________________________________________________________________ Both Documents 17) How are the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution similar? ___________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 18) How are the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution different? __________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Quiz Date: __________
Articles of Confederation A direct result of colonists experiences under royal governors, the King and Parliament Americans wanted all the rights to be controlled by their state governments Continental Congress was the model for the A.O.C. Authority for governance rested with the states, not with the people States were represented and each of the 13 states had one vote There was 13 different militaries, sets of rules, and types of money The national Congress could make laws, but could not levy taxes to support itself The national government could request money from the states, and they had no branches of government or court systems It needed changing!
The Constitution
It was written to solve problems from the weaknesses of the A.O.C.
It was based on the idea that governments comes directly from the people.
The first words are “We the People…”
Powers are shared between state and federal governments (this system is known as federalism)
Congress has two houses 1) Senate: 2 senators per state (not based on population) 2) House of Representatives: the number of representatives is based on the population of the state (South Carolina has 6 members)
Provides for a legislative, executive, and judicial branch
Has a president (Our current president is Barack Obama)
Both Documents
Both of these documents are similar because they both provided for the establishment of government. These documents are different in their understanding of where the authority for government rests and in the powers that are given to the national government.
Study Guide: Articles of Confederation & the Constitution Name: _____________________________________ #______
Quiz Date: _______________ The Articles of Confederation
1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
Why was the Articles of Confederation written? _____________________________________________________________ In the Articles of Confederation, who did the authority of government rest with? _________________________________ How many states were there? ____________________________________________________________________________ How many votes did each state have? _____________________________________________________________________ Each state had a different _____________________________, _____________________________, and _____________________________. 6) Did it need to be changed?______________________________________________________________________________ 7) Why was the Articles of Confederation weak? It only had a legislative branch. It could make laws but not pass them.
It couldn’t collect enough money from states to pay for the war. It couldn’t put tariffs on imports of British goods without state approval. The Constitution
8) Why was the Constitution written?________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9) Based on the Constitution, government should come from whom? ____________________________________________ 10) What are the first three words of the Constitution? _________________________________________________________ 11) What is federalism? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 12) Name the two houses of congress. 1. ____________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________________ 13) How many senators does each state get? _________________________________________________________________ 14) How many members of the House of Representatives? ______________________________________________________ How many members does South Carolina have? __________________________________________________ 15) What are the three branches of government the Constitution provides? _________________________________________
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16) Who is our president? _________________________________________________________________________________ Both Documents 17) How are the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution similar? ___________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 18) How are the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution different? __________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________
