11. Compare and contrast the Declaration of Independence (a document that seeks to limits government) with the Constitution (a document that empowers government).

12. Explain the Electoral College and why it was enacted. Discuss its strengths and weaknesses.

13. Discuss each of the Federalist Papers (1-85).

14. Discuss the Anti Federalist Papers.

15. Compare and contrast the Federalist Papers and the Anti Federalist papers.

16. Discuss the Northwest Ordinance and how it affected later expansion of the country and the admission of new states.

17. Discuss the Connecticut Compromise and why it was enacted.

18. What was Shays Rebellion? Discuss its influence on our early government.

19. What was the Whiskey Rebellion? Discuss its influence on our early government.

20. Discuss some of the events the led up to the Civil War.

A) The Missouri Compromise
B) The Kansas Nebraska Act
C) The Birth of Republican Party

21. Discuss how each of these events impacted on the growth of the federal government.

A) The Civil War
B) The Great Depression
C) WW II
D) WW III (The Cold War)
E) WW IV (The Global War on Terrorism)

22. Justify each of the cabinet positions and their bureaucracies.

A) Secretary of State
B) Treasury
C) Defense
D) Interior
E) Agriculture
F) Commerce
G) Labor
H) Health and Human Services
I) Housing and Urban Development
J) Transportation
K) Energy
L) Education
M) Veterans Affairs
N) Homeland Security

23. Discuss how each of the following individuals influenced our government.

A) John Locke
B) Charles Montesquieu
C) David Hume
D) Adam Smith
E) William Blackstone
F) Edmund Burke
G) Thomas Paine
H) John C. Calhoun
I) Alexis de Tocqueville
J) Herbert Croly