Chapter 5 The Constitution

Articles I-VII of the Constitution                                                                                               

Main purpose of each branch of government

Five Principles of the Constitution  

Checks and Balances

Popular Sovereignty

Separation of Power

Limited government

Federalism

census.

Republican Government

veto

French constitution of 1792

electoral college

Role of  Congress in an impeachment  

qualifications for senator congressman Supreme Court Justice and President

bureaucracy

ex post facto law allows

Bill of Attainder

# of Amendments added to the Constitution

Preamble

strict constructionists

broad constructionists 

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Patrick Henry

First Continental Congress.

Thomas Jefferson

Barbary pirates

New Jersey Plan

Great Compromise

The Federalists

William Randolph

James Madison

Virginia Plan

 Second Continental Congress

George Washington

Federalist Papers

Alexander Hamilton

Which of the following opposed the ratification of the Constitution?

Sons of Liberty

Daniel Shays

Publius

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Boston Massacre

federalism

Declaration of Grievances

Intolerable Acts

boycott

George III

Explain three Compromises delegates at the Constitutional Convention were able work out.  Examine both sides to work out compromises on and what these compromises were.

Discuss the weaknesses of the government under the Articles of Confederation.

Discuss the make-up of the government under the Articles of Confederation 

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Mayflower Compact
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Primary and Grammar schools
Harvard.
Great Awakening’s impact
Gilbert Tennent
Jonathan Edwards
George Whitefield
Eleazar Wheelock
David Brainard
Quebec Act  
Martin Luther
New England Primer
direct or pure democracy
indirect or representative democracy
republic
electoral college
Andrew Jackson
 Abraham Lincoln  
John Adams
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
 15 Amendment
16th Amendment
19th Amendment  
26th Amendment
Three major contributions of Christianity to American government?
 First to practice democracy?
3 main branches of the federal government?
Legislative body at the national level elected by direct popular vote?
Voting requirement when the nation was founded?
Essential characteristics of democracy?
Conditions that contributes to the success of a democratic system?

God's Purpose for Government

Be prepared to:

Evaluate basic values that form the foundation of a society                                                                                               
Identify what Romans 13:1-7, 1 Peter 2:13-17 and 1 Timothy 2:1-7 teach us about God’s purpose for government   

Evaluate the perspective of Socrates, Samuel Johnson, de Tocqueville, C.S. Lewis and the Federalists Papers on the relationship between government and religion.                                                                                                         

Evaluate perspectives on the importance of moral leaders                                                                                                   
A Christian’s responsibility to government