Need to Know
Review and make sure you can answer Focus Questions
- What were the achievements and problems of the Confederation government?
- What major compromises molded the final content of the Constitution?
- How did Anti-Federalist concerns raised during the Ratification process lead to the creation of the Bill of Rights?
- How did the definition of citizenship in the new republic apply differently to different people?
Consider Essential Questions
- How has the idea of The American Dream influenced the lives of Americans and how has its definition changed over time?
- How have various groups attempted to Access Their Rights and how have they been Opposed?
- How have citizens affected the growth and change of Political Parties and Government?
Question Topics 7.1 &7.2
- What is the Article’s of Confederation?
- Structure of the government under the Articles of Confederation?
- Shays Rebellion
- Northwest Ordinace of 1786
- Characteristics of Constitutional Convention members
- Virginia Plan
- New Jersey Plan
- Elections under the Constitution
- The Electoral College
- Powers of the States under the Constitution
- Final agreements about and structure of the government under the Constitution
Question Topics 7.3 & 7.4
- Federalist Papers
- Federalists vs. Antifederalists
- Final Vote
Bill of Rights
- Who's a Citizens of the US
- Free People of color vs. Slaves
- US relations with the Indigenous people
- Indigenous representation