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Understanding the US Constitution: Learn Key Concepts and Historical Context

Dive deep into the United States Constitution, its significance, and the challenges faced during its creation. Explore the impact on modern policies and the crucial amendments that safeguard individual rights.

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Understanding the US Constitution: Learn Key Concepts and Historical Context

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  1. The Constitution 1/19/2012

  2. Clearly Communicated Learning Objectives • Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: • understand and interpret the United States Constitution and apply it to present policy dilemmas.  • understand why our national government works and why the American system of government is unique.

  3. Opportunities to Discuss Course Content • Today 12-2 (In a meeting from 11-12) • Monday 10-12 Free Constitutions for anyone who stops by

  4. Readings • The Constitution • Federalist 10

  5. The Failure of the Articles Events leading up to the convention

  6. The Country is Crumbling • No economic stability • No order • People and States were unwilling to relinquish their freedom for order

  7. A strong government needed to rescue the "American empire from disunion, anarchy and misery”.A Hamilton

  8. The Annapolis Convention • what if you have a party and no one comes? • Adjourns without any accomplishments

  9. The Rebellion Danny Schayes Daniel Shayes

  10. A Second Try at A Social Contract The u.S. Constitution

  11. Why a Convention? “for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation”

  12. Dream Teams 1992 1787

  13. The Problems • How to Maintain order and to pay for it •  The concentration of power and representation • Economics and Foreign Policy • Slavery • Powers of the States

  14. The Solution: Maintaining Order • The power to Tax • The power to Raise an Army • The Creation of an Executive

  15. The Solution: Representation

  16. The Solution: Republicanism

  17. The Solution: Checks and Balances

  18. The Solution: Logrolling Slavery Economic Regulation A Strong Commerce Policy War Debts Currency Trade within states and between the U.S. and other Nations • A Strong Slavery Policy • Representation • Slave Trade and Taxing of Slaves

  19. The Solution: Federalism • The states gave up some of their freedoms in exchange for order. • A division of power between the government and regional units (states). • Powers of Federal Government are enumerated.

  20. Was the Document Too Powerful?

  21. Things that Scared the States • The supremacy clause (Article VI). The U.S. law is the supreme law of the land. •  Specific Limits on what the states can and cannot do (Article I, Section 10) • The Necessary and Proper clause (Article I, Section 8) • The creation of an executive, with the power to oversee a potentially enormous bureaucracy.

  22. General Complaints • The Articles needed minor adjustments • The states are giving up a lot • The executive

  23. The Document Lacked a Bill of Rights

  24. The Battle for ratification

  25. The Rules • The Constitution states that "ratification of the CONVENTIONS of nine States shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution".   • The Constitution was sent to the states, and immediately two opposing camps evolved

  26. The Federalists • Who Were They • What was their goal

  27. The Anti-Federalists • Who Were they • Why were they disadvantaged?

  28. The Federalist Papers • A media campaign of 85 editorials • Published in New York Newspapers

  29. The Federalist 10

  30. The Compromise • The Federalists promised that a Bill of Rights would be added to the Constitution. • The main purpose of these amendments was to specify  the list of protections for individual rights.

  31. The Bill of Rights Addresses • Freedoms • Amendment 1 • Amendment 2 • Amendment 9 • Amendment 10 • Equality • Amendment 4 • Amendment 5 • Amendment 6 • Amendment 7 • Amendment 8 • Order • Amendment 3

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