September 18th and 19th 2012

In history for the last few days we have been learning about the Constitution and Ratification of the Constitution. We have also been learning about the different branches of government. Yesterday we were given worksheets on how a bill becomes a law. The worksheet showed what each branch did for a bill to become a law. One point that stood out to me was that “if a bill gets a presidential veto, Congress can overpower it with a 2/3 vote in each house. It can become a law without the president’s signature if there is enough support in the legislative branch.” It’s interesting that the president’s signature isn’t needed if there is enough support in the legislative branch. Today in class we were either given a paper to read about Federalist Supporters of the Constitution or the Anti-federalist. I got Anti-federalist, after reading we filled out a worksheet about their biggest argument for ratification of the Constitution. The Anti-federalist argued that the Constitution took important powers from the state. They also argued that without The Bill of Rights a Strong National Government might take away human rights that were won in revolution. The Federalist wanted strong national government, so political disorder wouldn’t happen. The strong national government would protect the new nation from enemies, and solve the internal problems in the country. Lastly, they argued that the Bill of Rights was not needed because 8 states already had the same bill.  At the end of class we got a review sheet/study guide for an upcoming test on The Constitution.