Article of Confederation
What is the Article of Confederation
The rough draft of the constitution
What is the purpose of the constitutional convention?
To discuss the Articles of Confederation
What is checks and balances in the U.S. Gov?
What is a federalist and Anti-Federalist
Federalist- division of power between states and government.
Anti-federalist - opposed constituion
Who is Hamilton?
The secretary of treasury in the United States
Weakness of the Article of Confederation
Congress had no power
How many Constitutional Conventions were there?
Role of the Legislative Branch
House and Senate
What is public policy?
regulation and guidelines in regular problems
Thomas Jefferson
Who is Daniel Shays?
An American Farmer
What is the Virginia Plan?
Congress was based on population
Role of the Executive Branch
President and his Cabinet, enforcing laws.
What is the bill of rights?
What did Washington say in his farewell address to warn America?
Don't get involved in European affairs
Don't create political parties
What is Shay's Rebellion?
The farmers revolted for having to pay off debt for fighting in the war.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
Congress is a certain number per state
Role of the Judicial Branch?
Power to decide a case and laws.
How does America create laws and what is civic participation?
America creates laws through the government and the president, civic participation is Americans voting for who is in the government.
Who was the head of the Federalists and who was the head of the Democratic- Republicans?
Federalists- Hamilton
Democratic Republicans - Jefferson
What was the outcome of Shay's Rebellion?
Farmers got pardoned.
What is the Preamble?
It set the stage for the Constitution
What is the role of the president?
Vote laws, make plans, control the government.
The division of the votes in the country by state.
What are the Alien and Sedation Acts?
Changed the legal requirement of citizenship from 5 to 14 years.