1) What are the three branches of government and what are the powers of each?
The legislative Branch makes the law, the executive branch makes sure that these laws and policies are carried out, and the judicial Branch is the court system that settles disputes between the states.
2) How can these branches check and balance each other?
Both the house and the senate must pass a bill for it to become a law. The president can check Congress by vetoing the bill. However, Congress can then check the president by overriding the veto, To override a veto, two-thirds of the members of both houses of Congress must vote for the bill.
3) What were the compromises to the constitution?
Two compromises were that there was a tow house legislature. the house of representatives and the senate. The number of representatives are determined by the population of the state and the two people from each state were in the Senate. The other compromise was to count each enslaved person as three-fifths of a free person for both taxation and representation.
4) Who wrote the Federalist papers?
John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton.
5) What was the Bill of Rights? Why did some states demand its inclusion before they ratified the constitution?
The bill of right made sure the government didn't abuse their power, some states demanded one because they didn't want the central government to become so powerful that it was like having another king which is they they fought so hard not to have.
6) What were the anti-federalists main fears about the constitution?
The main argument was that the new constitution would take away the American people's liberties and that the central government would become so powerful that they would forget about the states and the people and favor the richer people over a common person. So basically the anti-federalists thought that the new constitution would give the central government to much power.
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