US HISTORY UNIT 2 Mr.

Torrance
PREP Constitution & Early Years

HW 2 A: Read Text, pages 126-128 and Research on the Internet: Wikipedia

Write in YOUR OWN WORDS Do NOT Copy from the internet, the book or a student
IDENTIFICATION (ID): Write 100 to 200 words in your own wordsDO NOT COPY
1. Constitutional Convention
(include When, Where, the delegates, the three branches of government,
debate and compromise)

HW 2 B: Read Text, page 128

IDENTIFICATIONs (IDs): Write 100 to 200 words EACH
2. A Framework for Limited Government
3. Checks and Balances

HW 2 C: Read Text, pages 128-130

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DEFINITION: (Write 50 to 100 words in your own words DO NOT COPY)
4. Amendments
IDENTIFICATION (ID): Write 100 to 200 words
5. Ratification of the Constitution: Federalists v. Anti-Federalists

HW 2 D: Read Text, pages 130-131

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IDENTIFICATIONS (IDs): Write 100 to 200 words EACH
6. Ratification in Massachusetts
7. Ratification in Virginia and New York

HW 2 E: Read Text, pages 138-141

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8. List and Describe the SEVEN Major Principles of the Constitution

HW 2 F: Read Text pages 141-143

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9. The Legislative Branch
10. The Executive Branch

HW 2 G: Read Text pages 144-146

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12. The Judicial Branch
13. Rights of American Citizens (List and Describe FOUR main Rights)
HW 2 H: Read Text, pages 175-176, 1005
DEFINITIONS: Write 50 to 100 words EACH
14. Judicial Review and Marbury v. Madison, 1803 (see also page 1005)
15. Westward Expansion
ID: Write 100 to 200 words
16. War if 1812

HW 2 I: Read Text, pages 176-177, 1005

DEFINITIONS: Write 50 to 100 words EACH
17. McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819 (see also page 1005)
18. Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824 (see also page 1005)

HW 2 J: Read Text, pages 177-179

DEFINITION: Write 50 to 100 words
19. Nationalist Diplomacy and the Monroe Doctrine
ID: Write 100 to 200 words
20. Industrialization sweeps the North (Include Eli Whitney)

HW 2 K: Read Text, pages 179-181

IDs: Write 100 to 200 words EACH
21. Urban Growth and Immigration (Include: Nativism and Labor Unions)
22. Enslaved and Free Americans

HW 2 L: US Map Due the day of the test with the Notes.

1. Use RED INK to DOT and LABEL the Capital of the U.S.
2. Use RED INK to LABEL each of the FIVE Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico
3. Use RED INK to DRAW and LABEL these FIVE Rivers: Mississippi, Ohio,
Missouri, St. Lawrence and the Rio Grande
4. Use BLACK INK to LABEL the original 13 States
5. Use BLUE INK to LABEL the Capitals of the original 13 States
6. Use a HI-LITER to SHADE IN the original 13 colonies

Timeline:

AD 1000 1588 1620 1763 1773 1776 1787 1812

1492 1607 1754 1770 1775 1781 1803

 Constitutional Convention
1. What Year was the Constitutional Convention?

2. What was the original purpose of the Meeting?

3. Which state (s) did not attend?

Matching: For each of the following select the best answer, Use each answer ANY NUMBER of Times

V Virginia Plan NJ New Jersey Plan B Both V and NJ Plans

GC Great Compromise 3/5 C 3/5 Compromise
CST Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise N None of these

______ 4. Main plan the Constitution is based on
______ 5. Allowed States to keep their sovereignty
______ 6. Congress would elect the President
______ 7. Electors would elect the President
______ 8. The People would elect the President
______ 14. Written by William Paterson
______ 15. Written by Roger Sherman
______ 16. Written by James Madison
______ 17. Small States Plan
______ 18. Large States Plan

______ 9. Slaves were not counted for anything
______ 10. Outlawed Taxes on Exports
______ 11. Called for Two Presidents
______ 12. Stopped the Convention
______ 13. States would elect Representatives
______ 19. Slaves were counted for population
______ 20. President (s) would appoint Judges
______ 21. Congress would appoint Judges
______ 22. States get equal number of Reps
______ 23. Required 2/3 vote on Treaties

______ 24. Main issue was determining the number of Reps each state got in Congress
______ 25. Allowed new slaves to be brought from Africa for 20 more years, then no more new slaves
______ 26. Combined the Virginia and New Jersey Plans
______ 27. Determined whether slaves should be counted for population and/or taxes
______ 28. The people could not vote for any offices in the Federal Government
______ 29. The number of Representatives for each state to be based on Population and taxes
______ 30. Called for THREE Branches of Government

31. What was the final vote on the Constitution at the Convention?

32. After the Constitution was accepted by the vote at the Convention what had to be done next
before the Constitution could take effect?
 U.S. Federal Government
1. Name the Three Branches of the U.S. Federal Government and their main Functions:
1- Main Function?
2- Main Function?
3- Main Function?

2. Describe the Lower House of Congress:

Name of this House? Number of Reps?
Length of Term? Minimum Age Required?
Minimum Number of Years U.S. Citizen? Must live where?
By Tradition must?
Who or what elects the Reps?
Number of these Reps for California?

3. Describe the Upper House of Congress:

Name of this House? Total Number of Reps?
Length of Term? Minimum Age Required?
Minimum Number of Years U.S. Citizen? Must live where?
Who or what elects the Reps?
Number of these for State of Vermont?

4. Describe the President/Vice President:

Length of Term? Maximum Number of Terms?
Must live inside U.S. how long? Minimum Age Required?
How long U.S. Citizen?
Who or what elects the President/Vice President?
Which President was elected the most? And Why?

5. Describe the Courts:

How many Court Systems are in the U.S.? Name them?
Length of Term for Judges?

6. Which Branch is the Bureaucracy under?

About how many Agencies? How many Employees?

7. Which Branch is the Military (Army, Navy, Air Force) under the authority of?