Constitution Test Corrections

You may complete test corrections on your Constitution test. Doing the following will earn you up to half of the points lost back. These are due by 3pm on Friday, January 29, and will not be accepted after that time.

You must correct all incorrect answers, providing the location in which you found the correct answer (cite websites, books, etc. using MLA works cited format). You must give me both your original test AND your corrections by Friday.

Please see me if you have any questions.

Constitution Test Review

constitution review sheet

HW due 1/13

Please read pages 168-172, and answer the following questions:

1. How did the divisions of the 1790s reflect the differences in philosophy that were at the heart of debate over the Constitution?
2. What was the view of society and politics held by Hamilton? Who did he feel should govern, and why? Which country's political system did he most admire?
3. What was Hamilton's plan for paying the nation's debts and restoring credit? To which social-economic-political group would this have appealed?
4. How did Hamilton propose to enact his programs? Who opposed him, and to what degree was he successful?
5. How did political parties rise as a result of Hamilton's programs?
6. What was the political philosophy of Jefferson and Madison? How did it differ from that of Hamilton?

HW for 1/11/10

Please read and annotate the following documents, in preparation for an H-O-H discussion...
H-O-H If you have forgotten the procedure for an H-O-H discussion, please see here.

Ratifying the Constitution

Please print this powerpoint and bring it to class on Thursday. (Remember that if you DOWNLOAD, you can print it properly... clicking print will print one slide per page!)

Ratifying the Constitution

Homework, due January 7

Please complete the Articles of Confederation vs. Constitution activity.
In addition, please read this document, written by James Madison (major author of the US Constitution). In it, he identifies the major problems of government under the Articles of Confederation.

Then, answer the following questions about the document:

1. Which, would you say, are the three biggest problems of the A of C, as identified by Madison? Explain your response.
2. Which of these do you think MADISON considered the biggest problems? Why do you think that?

AofC vs Constitution

You should read the text of the Articles of Confederation to determine the answers to your worksheet.

When you have finished, please move on to the Constitution section of the worksheet.

Homework, due January 5!

Please read pages 149 (The Creation of State Governments) to 155, and answer the following questions:

1. What was it about the concept of a republican government that so appealed to Americans?
2. How did Americans propose to avoid what they considered to be the problems of the British system they were repudiating?
3. How did these new constitutions deal with the question of religious freedom? How did they deal with slavery?
4. What type of government did the Articles of Confederation create? What were its major features?
5. Why was the Confederation government organized as it was?
6. Why was there a delay in its ratification? How were the obstacles to its ratification overcome?
7. How did the Confederate Congress attempt to solve the problem of the status of western territory that the states had ceded to it?
8. Which interest groups favored which plans for the sale and distribution of land?
9. How was paper money seen as a solution to the economic problems of one element in American society? Who opposed this, and why?
10. How did the action of Daniel Shays and his followers relate to the economic problem of the Confederation period? What was the significance of the movement he led?