Pre-Constitution
Articles of Confederation.
This was a drawback of having a high population for your state under the new Constitution.
Higher taxes.
These are the two houses of the Legislative Branch.
House of Representatives and Senate.
This party favored a strong central government.
Federalists.
This was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
No taxation, no central army, etc.
This was a benefit of having a higher population in the new government under the Constitution.
Members of the House of Representatives are referred to by this word.
Congressmen.
Thomas Jefferson was an outspoken member of this party that wanted a weak federal government and strong states.
Antifederalists.
This armed revolt led to the replacement of the Articles of Confederation with a stronger government.
Shays' Rebellion.
Northern and Southern states eventually settled on this agreement for how to count slaves as part of state populations.
Three-Fifths Compromise.
This principle of government prevents any one of the three branches from gaining too much power. And this other principle allows the branches the ability to keep other branches from acting without permission from the rest.
Separation of powers and checks and balances.
Antifederalists demanded this document be added onto the Constitution before they agreed to ratify (approve) it.
Bill of Rights.
The rebels that joined Daniel Shays were of this profession and used to be this former profession.
Farmers; Revolutionary War soldiers.
The Constitution discusses slavery in this way.
Does not use the word.
Name one component of each of the three branches of government under the Constitution.
Executive - Presidency.
Legislative - House of Reps, Senate
Judicial - Supreme Court.
The President is not chosen by popular vote. Instead, the President is chosen through this election system.
Electoral College.
This outlines the Great Compromise that became the Constitutional system (include representation types and number of houses)
2 Houses:
House of Reps: Population representation
Senate: Equal representation, 2 each
The members of the Constitutional Convention opted to ignore the problem of slavery for this primary reason.
They were worried the states would not unite/wanted to make sure the South would join the Union.
This is the idea of Federalism.
That power should be shared between the Federal (national) government and the states.
The First Amendment guarantees these three freedoms.
Freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of assembly, etc.