Fact or Fib: Early Republic

Directions: Using a scratch piece of paper, make two cards. Label one

card fact and the other fib. When I put the statement on the

screen decide whether it is a fact or fib. When I say go, lay down your

card. Whoever plays the write card, gets a point!

Fact or Fib: Statement 1 America’s first constitution,

the Articles of Confederation, created a weak,

ineffective national

government.

FACT

Fact or Fib: Statement 2 Abigail Adams

asked her husband, John, to give women rights during

the revolution/writi

ng of the Articles.

FACT

Fact or Fib: Statement 3 A republic is a

plan of government

and they limit the power of

the government.

FIBA republic is a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives. This describes constitution.

Fact or Fib: Statement 4 The Northwest

Ordinance provided for the

orderly settlement and statehood of the Ohio territory and banned

slavery.

FACT

Fact or Fib: Statement 5 Shay’s

rebellion was a violent

protest by farmers in

Pennsylvania over taxes on

Whiskey.

FIBThis describes the Whiskey Rebellion. Shay’s Rebellion was over property taxes and led to the call for a stronger national government.

Fact or Fib: Statement 6 The New Jersey Plan called for

a 2 house legislature with representation

based on a state’s

population.

FIBThis actually describes the Virginia Plan. The New Jersey Plan called for a 1 house legislature with equal representation for each state.

Fact or Fib: Statement 7At the

Constitution Convention in Philadelphia in

1787, the delegates

debated revising the Articles or writing a new constitution.

FACT

Fact or Fib: Statement 8 The 3/5

Compromise called for a 2 house

legislature with a House of

Representatives based on

population and a Senate where each state had 2 votes.

FIBThis describes the Great Compromise. The 3/5 compromise stated that 5 enslaved persons equal 3 free person in determining population and for taxation purposes.

Fact or Fib: Statement 9

FACT

James Madison

crafted a lot of the

Constitution and therefore is called the

“father of the Constitution.”

Fact or Fib: Statement 10

FACT

The Constitution was on earlier documents and writings including the Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights.

Fact or Fib: Statement 11 Thomas Jefferson

helped write the

Constitution.

FIBJefferson wasn’t even in the country when it was written. In fact, he argued against the Constitution.

Fact or Fib: Statement 12

FACT

The Magna Carta limited the power of the king and provided for the right of

habeas corpus.

Fact or Fib: Statement 13 The English Bill

of Rights protected

individual rights and was based on the thoughts of Thomas Paine

about natural rights.

FIBActually, it was based on the ideas of John Locke. Thomas Paine wrote “The Crisis” and “Common Sense”.

Fact or Fib: Statement 14 The Federalists

papers were written by Hamilton,

Madison, and Jay and argued against the

constitution.

FIBThe Federalists supported the ratification of the constitution. The Anti-federalists are the ones that argued against the constitution because it did not have a bill of rights.

Fact or Fib: Statement 15

FACT

Popular Sovereignty states that

people are the source of a

government’s power. “We the

people…..”

Fact or Fib: Statement 16 The Federal

System called for the

separation of power between

the three branches.

FIBThe Federal System is the sharing of power between the national and state governments.

Fact or Fib: Statement 17The Executive

Branch is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

This branch makes laws, collect taxes, raises military, and regulates trade.

FIBThis describes the Legislative Branch. The executive is made up of the president and his cabinet. He enforces the laws, is the commander in chief, and has veto power.

Fact or Fib: Statement 18

FACT

The Judicial Branch is made up

of the Supreme Court and Federal

Court System. They interpret

laws and have the power of judicial

review.

Fact or Fib: Statement 19

FACT

Checks and Balances gives each branch the power of

government to limit another, so power is balanced.

Fact or Fib: Statement 20

FACT

The Bill of Rights is the first ten

amendments to the Constitution

that protect individual

freedoms.