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Topic 1

 * Magna Carta || Land Ordinance of 1785 || Northwest Ordinance of 1787 ||
 * tariffs || interstate commerce || Daniel Shay's ||


 * 1) Identify the solutions Congress came up with to deal with the lands in the Northwest Territory?
 * 2) Summarize the problems the United States experienced with regards to Spain and Great Britain?
 * 3) Summarize the problems the United States experienced internally with regards to interstate commerce (trade) and inflation?
 * 4) How did Shays Rebellion demonstrate the need for change in the national government?

Topic 2

 * Constitutional Convention || Virginia Plan || New Jersey Plan || Great Compromise || Three-Fifths Compromise || commerce compromise ||
 * popular sovereignty || federalism || legislative branch || executive branch || judicial branch || checks and balances ||


 * 1) Compare and contrast the Virginia Plan to the New Jersey Plan? How did the Great Compromise combine elements of both plans? (Visual Representation Recommended)
 * 2) How did regional differences and the issue of slavery and the slave trade divide the members of the Constitutional Convention? How did the Three-Fifths Compromise resolve the debate?
 * 3) Identify the powers the state and the national government were given under the Constitution. How are these powers similar/different than the powers each had under the Articles of Confederation?
 * 4) Explain how the system of checks and balances within the Constitution demonstrates “limited government” and keeps any branch of government from becoming too powerful?

Topic 3

 * Federalists || Antifederalists || James Madison || George Mason ||
 * June, 1788 || amendments || Bill of Rights ||  ||


 * 1) Compare and contrast the Federalists to the Antifederalists.
 * 2) Identify the role played by the Federalist Papers in the ratification of the Constitution. What fears did the Federalists Papers address?
 * 3) Explain how amendments are added to the Constitution?
 * 4) How did the arguments of the Anti-Federalists help to significantly re-shape the Constitution?

Essay Topics

 * 1) Identify and explain some of the ideas and early models of American government that influenced the birth of the first government of the United States.
 * 2) What were the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation that justified a stronger central government as created by the U.S. Constitution?
 * 3) How was the federal government under the Constitution different from the government created under the Articles of Confederation? (Be specific by providing historical details and evidence).
 * 4) Why was it important that the new government have a system of checks and balances and amendments?
 * 5) What impact did the Federalist have on the ratification of the U.S. Constitution? How did the Antifederalists help shape the United States?