Constitution Worksheet 1 Mr. Thacker

Introduction Sec. 1 -- 6

Define the Following:

1. republican

2. aristocracy

3. anarchy

4. centralized government

5. states rights

6. sovereignty

7. checks and balances

8. individual natural rights (Locke)

9. Pandora's Box

What would age and socio-ecnomic background be important aspects when discussing the "founding fathers," and the Constitutional Convention?

What was the significance of the Virginia and New Jersey compromises, why was compromise so important to the constitutional process?

What was the importance of the Federalist and the Anti-federalist as it relates to the ratification of the Constitution and today's politics?

Explain the quote by Trenchard and Gordon, "free speech is essential to free government."

What was the importance of the court case of Schenck v. U.S. Appeal (1919), as it relates to the First Amendment?

What does Oliver Wendell Holmes mean by "clear and present danger"?