QUESTIONS ON THE TEXT
1. Point out some similarities among the American colonial governments.
2. Describe some of the earlier attempts at union.
3. What was the nature of the Confederation government?
4. For what specific purpose was the Constitutional Convention convened?
5. What was the Virginia plan? The New Jersey plan?
6. What was the fundamental difference between the Confederation government and the new Federal government?
7. What is the theory of limited government?
8. What two classes of private rights are safeguarded by the Federal Constitution?
9. What is the nature and purpose of the threefold division of powers?
10. To what extent does the Constitution divide powers between Federal and state governments?
11. Outline the nature of interstate relations, as provided for in the Federal Constitution.
12. What is meant by saying that Federal law is supreme?
13. By what four methods may the Federal Constitution be amended?
14. Enumerate and briefly characterize the nineteen amendments to the Federal Constitution.
15. To what extent has the Federal Constitution been modified by judicial interpretation?
16. How may the Constitution be modified by usage? Give some examples.