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.