The _________________ established a government ..., outlined the process for admitting a new state to the Union, and guaranteed that newly created states would be equal to the original thirteen states. Considered one of the most important legislative acts of the Confederation Congress, the ______________________ also protected civil liberties and outlawed slavery in the new territories. —“Primary Documents in American History,” Library of Congress, www.loc.gov (accessed May 2, 2014)

Which document completes this excerpt?

Articles of Confederation

• Did not grant a federal power to tax or regulate commerce • Did not establish a common currency

• Did not establish an executive or judicial branch

What does this list suggest about the drafters of the Articles of Confederation?

Bills of rights . . . are not only unnecessary in the proposed Constitution, but would even be dangerous.

Those who agreed with this point of view were known as —

Representation in the U.S. House of Representatives

Number of seats based on state population

Representation in the U.S. Senate

Equal number of seats for all states

Why was this congressional structure created by the framers of the Constitution?

One Way to Amend the U.S. Constitution

Proposal

Proposal by a _______(1)_________ vote in both houses of Congress.

Ratification

Ratification by three-fourths of the _______(2)_________ .

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. —U.S. Constitution, Tenth Amendment

What was the purpose of this amendment?

Which law would be considered unconstitutional on the basis of First Amendment guarantees?