Ceairrah Duffy
AP Government
Mr. Ficker
1 August 2014
Summer Assignment
Part One – the Federalist Papers
I:
1. The purpose to the federalist papers is to promote the ratification of the constitution.
2. Many things were wrong with the Articles of Confederation. For example some main things that were wrong with the Articles of Confederation were that no taxation was allowed, there was no judicial system and no standing army.
3. The Federalist believed in the ratification of the Constitution.
4. The Antifederalist believed that there should be no ratification of the Constitution. They were completely opposed to having a stronger national government if it meant that it was under the Constitution.
II A:.
1. According to Madison, factions is
…show more content…
Who creates the inferior courts? The Congress creates the inferior courts.
61. Al judges shall hold office only during good behavior.
62. Define the word ‘jurisdiction”. -Jurisdiction is the right or power to administrate justice usually with law enforcement.
63. The Supreme Court has two kinds of jurisdiction: Original and Appellate.
64: Original jurisdiction which means it can try all cases dealing with such subjects as:
65: Appellate jurisdiction, which means that it may try (if the judges so decide) all cases tat re rightfully appealed to it; for example, cases dealing with such subjects as:
66. Why does the constitution carefully define treason? -The constitution carefully defines treason because they want to makes sure that it is completely explained and specifically laid out so that descendants of the traitor would also be punished.
67. How is treason defined in the Constitution? -The Constitution defines treason as specific acts.
68. State how persons may be convicted of treason. -A person can be convicted of treason by having a testimony of two witnesses of the same act, overt act or confession to open court.
Amendments
69. The first ten Amendments to the Constitution re known as the Bill of
…show more content…
This is so-called “Lame Duck Amendment”. Why? -This is called the “Lame Duck Amendment” because it abolished the Lame Duck sessions of the Congress but the President and Vice President didn’t take office until March 4th so the defeated officials were called “Lame Ducks”.
86. Summarize the provision and of each Amendment and provide each date of ratification.
87. 22nd: The provision to the 22nd Amendment was that the President couldn’t be elected to office more than one time. February 21, 1947
88. 23rd: The provision to the 23rd Amendment was that the District of Columbia was allowed to vote for President and Vice President. March 29, 1961
89. 24th: The provision to the 24th Amendment was prohibiting any poll tax in elections for federal offices. January 23, 1964
90. 25th: The provision to the 25th Amendment was that if the President was not able to serve the Vice President should take over as President. February 10, 1967
91. 26th: The provision to the 26th Amendment gave the right to vote to citizens over 18 years of age. March 1971
92. 27th: The provision to the 27th Amendment was that no law shall take effect until an election of Representatives shall have intervened. May
The Amendment was passed August 26, 1920. Their fight to vote started sometime in the 1820s. In the 1820s american women were titled to be a perfect housewife which included cooking for the men and children, cleaning, looking after children, and should be submissive towards the other gender. They were not allowed to have paying jobs because men thought women could not handle that things except for taking care of their family. In 1851 Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton work together to fight for women’s rights. A lot of people were against what they were trying to accomplish and still are. They worked together in making a newspaper to promote the idea of women’s rights. Around 1869 the National Women’s Suffrage Association was formed
According to the first draft of the Constitution, electors voted for two presidents, at least one of which was from a different state than the elector was representing. Whichever candidate received the most votes would become president and the runner-up would be vice-president. This method worked for several years until, in 1800, the unforeseen effect of political parties resulted in a tie for the presidency between Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson, both of the same party. The resulting dispute over who the president would be led to the 12th Amendment to the Constitution.
Until 1951, there was no law restricting the number of times the president of the United States could run for office. After the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Congress proposed the 22nd Amendment. Since its ratification, the highly controversial amendment has survived every attempted repeal. Contemporary presidents of both parties, President Regan and President Clinton, supported repealing or modifying the amendment whereas other presidents believed a repeal would result in political stagnation. While there are certain benefits of restricted term limits, the otherwise undemocratic 22nd Amendment should be repealed.
This article was proposed to the legislative branch on August 27, 1962, but was not ratified or put into effect until 2 years later on January 23, 1964. The confirmation of this amendment marked the end of the mandatory poll taxes that citizens were obligated to pay in some Southern states in order to vote.
The 24th amendment of the constitution is a qualification for office or the exercise of a right, especially the right to vote.
The Federalists supported the ratification of the Constitution while the Anti Federalists were against it. This boiled down to simple beliefs held by both groups. Anti Federalists believed that the Constitution gave too much power to the central government and left state governments powerless. Anti Federalists were in favor of a weaker central governments and stronger local state governments. They believed that central government was too far removed from the people, and that the nation was too large, for it to serve them on a local state basis. This resulted in the fear that people’s voices would be taken away; this fear of oppression was only increased by the fact that the Constitution didn’t include a Bill of Rights. However, Federalists believed that a strong central government, accompanied by the Constitution, was needed after the Article of Confederation failed or the nation wouldn’t survive. In the eyes of the Federalists, a Bill of Rights was not needed because the Constitution did not put any limits on the rights of the citizens; however
It was ratified on July 18th, 1947. It made it so that if the President is absent, then the Vice President takes over, and if the Vice President is absent then the President Pro Tempore takes over, if that person is absent then the Speaker of the House takes over, and if that person is absent then the Secretary of State takes over.
Twelfth Amendment – The twelfth amendment describes how a president shall be chosen if they do not have the majority. This is by the House of Representatives voting for who the president should by. If the votes were tied, then the people who had the same number of votes would be the options for the house to vote on. If no one had a majority, the five highest voted people would be candidates for the presidency.
The congress is subject to congressional term limits. George Washington. These term limits have been around since the constitution. The presidential two term limit was informal until 1951 with the 22nd Amendment. The 22nd Amendment states “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.” This came after Roosevelt served four terms. Term limits are needed to control power, give regular citizens a chance to run, and make politicians think more and do more with their limited office time.
The purpose of Federalist Paper 10 was to convince states like New York and anti-federalist to ratify the Constitution. James Madison, took the position of a need for a strong union because then the government will fail due prosper due to a lack of unison.
The fifth major point George Washington’s Farewell Address that is mention is “Two terms only of four years of Presidency”. The Presidents of United States who had served their two terms in the White House but were also obligated in some time to be able to serve four terms were not allowed to because in the Amendment, it doesn’t state that “a president is allowed to serve more than two terms itself”.
To further strengthen the rights of the people, The Bill of Rights was ratified on December 15, 1791. With only the first ten amendments, it is no accident that two amendments, 9 and 10, specifically define the Constitutions purpose to protect rights, given to the government from the people; and the powers of the government are “only those delegated to it by the Constitution on behalf of the people” (Spalding, Page 145).
The Federalist Papers Ten and Fifty-One were the ideal papers written by Madison to support th¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬e ratification of the Constitution. Out of all the federalist papers, these are two of the most important federalist papers. So what were the federalist papers? They were 85 essays written by three gentlemen: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay that explained particular provisions of the Constitution in detail. Alexander Hamilton goes on to be the first treasury secretary, James Madison goes on to be the fourth president and John Jay the first chief justice in US history. So what was the purpose of these papers? Well, they were written to gain support for the US Constitution, especially in New York. While many people might see it as inevitable, the Constitution was a revolutionary step. Because of the revolutionary nature of the new constitution, arguments were necessary to rationalize it. Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Virginia, and New York were the states critical to the success or failure of the Constitution. Of these four states, New York by far was the state where the success of the constitution was in the most doubt. Quickly, Alexander Hamilton decided that a massive propaganda campaign was necessary in New York, more than in any other state. So with the help of James Madison and John Jay, he published several essays in different newspapers in New York. There is really little
It was sent to Congress to be authorized and to enact the appropriate legislations. The House of Representatives vote to propose the 13th Amendment followed the Senate vote, and essentially made the two thirds majority vote (13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, 2010). Quickly after the ratification by the states it was proclaimed an amendment and adopted in 1865. Unlike most provisions in the Constitution, this amendment was self-executing, that even without action of Congress, to demeanor by secluded individuals.
People had many different opinions on the ratification of the Constitution. There were Federalists and Anti-Federalists that debated on many topics of the Constitution. The main reasons were: what type of government the United States of America should have, the people controlling our government, and some of the powers they should have. The Federalists were the ones who wanted change. They wanted to make changes to the government that was originally proposed. The Federalists wanted the government to protect the people, but not abuse their powers. They wanted to have the powers divided between the national and the state governments. The Constitution also stated that the government