Declaration of Independence & US Constitution Questions
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Question 1 The Declaration of Independence is the most authoritative statement of the founding principles of American democracy. Identify and briefly explain five (5) basic political principles expressed in the Declaration of Independence.
Question 2 Identify and discuss TWO specific examples to demonstrate that the Articles of Confederation, the first national government of the United States, established a weak and ineffective form of government.
Question 3 Identify and discuss TWO specific examples to demonstrate that the Constitution which replaced the Articles of Confederation established a stronger and more effective form of government.
Question 4 The design of the U.S. Congress resulted from a compromise between the large states and the small states at the Constitutional Convention. This came to be called the Great Compromise. Explain in your own words the Great Compromise.
Question 5 Identify and explain the opposing positions of the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists during the debate over the ratification of the U.S. Constitution on the question of whether the national government should be more powerful or less powerful.
Question 6 Explain how the addition of the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution, addressed Anti-Federalist concerns about the power the national government.
Question 7 At critical moments in the course of American political development, citizens engaged in conflict and resolution about the meaning of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. These great political episodes can be described as conservative revolutions. Define conservative revolution.
Question 8 Explain how Abraham Lincoln’s efforts to steer American democracy through the crisis over slavery in the 1850s and 1860s result in a shift in understanding of individual rights or the meaning of democracy and equality.
Question 9 Explain how Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s response to the Great Depression result in a shift in understanding of the proper role of government.
Question 10 The Framers of the Constitution created a federal system of government. • Define federalism. • Select ONE of the following. Explain what it is and how it has been used to increase the power of the federal government relative to the power of the states. o federal mandates o the commerce clause o “strings-attached” federalism o Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) o Civil Rights Act (1964) o Clean Air (1970)