Guided Reading 2.03 Articles of Confederation (Our first constitution)
1.	The Americans didn’t form a _____________ central government because they were afraid the leaders would act like the king.
2.	The states’ confederation was to be a league of _____________.
3.	 Each state received __________ vote in Congress.
4.	__________________ had the power to declare war.
5.	Weaknesses included no power to ________ and no p______________.
6.	Shays’ Rebellion was over the collection of _________ and judgments for ______________.
Guided Reading 2.04
1.	The meeting to make the new constitution was originally called the ______________ ___________.
2.	____________________________ was selected to lead the Constitutional Convention.
Be sure to complete the work file for the SAS lesson.
The V_____________ Plan proposed that states’ populations would determine the number of representatives to Congress.  The Great Compromise divided the two houses of Congress into one with equal representation for all states and the other house depending on the population.
3.	The ____________________were in favor of ratifying the Constitution; the ___________________ were against it.
4.	The authors of The Federalists were __________________, _________________, and _________.

Guided Reading 2.05
1.	________________________________ wrote the Constitution.
2.	In order to get the states to accept the Constitution, the Federalists promised to add a _________________________ at the first session of Congress.
3.	The Preamble states the purpose of the ________________________ and gives 6 goals. 
4.	“More perfect Union” refers to having a country that is more perfect under the Constitution than it was under the ________________________  _____ ________________________.
5.	The body of the Constitution is made up of the 7 ____________________________________.
6.	Article I:  _________________________ Branch – Congress 
7.	Article II – Executive Branch – the ____________________
8.	Article III – Judicial Branch – the _______________ Court and powers of the courts
9.	Article IV – Interstate Relations – how the ________________ will work with each other
10.	Article V – Amending Power – how the ________________________ can be changed
11.	Article VI – The Supremacy Act – the _______________________ government is supreme over the ___________________ governments.
12.	Article VII – Ratification – how they would adopt the Constitution in 1787-1788.  Includes ideas about
separation of p_____________, checks and b____________, and federalism.

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Guided Reading 2.06
1.	Which branch of government:
a.	Makes laws
b.	Reviews laws to see if they are constitutional
c.	Enforces laws
d.	Has a Senate and a House of Representatives
e.	Has a cabinet to advise the President
f.	The justices serve life terms.
2.	Every state has ______ Senators for a total of 100
3.	There are ___________ members in the House of Representatives; the number a state has depends on its percentage of the total U.S. population.  The state receives that percentage of the members.
4.	Presidents serve a term of ________ years and may be elected just two times.

Guided Reading 2.07
1.	The branches of government get their power from the C____________________________.
2.	Checks and balances:   which branch’s power is being “checked:”
a.	 President calls a special session of Congress
b.	Congress can impeach federal judges
c.	The courts can declare presidential acts unconstitutional
d.	The president nominates federal judges and judges for the Supreme Court
e.	Congress approves the federal budget.
f.	The President can veto Congressional legislation.
g.	Judicial branch can declare laws unconstitutional
Guided Reading 2.08
1.	 Federalism is the __________________ of powers in a government.
2.	Both federal and state governments get their powers from the ____________________.