The Constitution and Founding Fathers - Page 4
Questions
- How has the executive branch changed since George Washington?
- What is the Continental Congress?
- What did the Judiciary Act of 1789 establish?
- Why did the Continental Congress draw up the Articles of Confederation?
- Do you think the Founders' concerns about government are as valid today as they were in the 1700s?
- According to the Ninth Amendment, who retains rights not specifically listed in the Constitution?
- How did jimmy carter's background and personality shape the tone of his presidency and people's reaction to him?
- In what city was the first capital of the United States?
- Who said "Give me liberty or give me death!"?
- What was Alexander Hamilton‘s plan to speed up industrialization in the United States?
- How did the opinions of Jefferson and Hamilton regarding the public debt differ?
- When was Washington's inauguration?
- What delayed the inauguration of the new government under the U.S. Constitution?
- What kind of governments did state constitutions create?
- Why is James Madison known as the "Father of the Consthution"?
- What is meant by the term "landmark case"?
- Why do you think George Washington's presidency was so important in the development of the young nation?
- How did Hamilton compromise to get southerners to go along with his economic plan?
- How many of the original proposed changes to the Constltutlon were approved by the states?
- How would the United States work and look socially and politically if the Articles of Confederation was still operating today?