Articles Of Confederation
The biggest general reason the articles of confederation failed.
Federal Govt was too weak
The federalists wanted a stronger federal government because of the weaknesses of this.
The Articles of Confederation
The correct spelling of your student teacher's last name.
Schuldt
The 3/5ths compromise declared that this group of people would be considered 3/5ths of a person when counting a state's population.
Enslaved People
This amendment ruled that slavery would be outlawed in the US.
13th Amendment
The original purpose of the constitutional convention was to do this.
Revise the Articles of Confederation
The historical context behind Anti Federalist fears of a new federal government becoming too powerful.
Being subject to tyrannical rule under the British Empire
There are this many amendments in the US Constitution.
27
The founding fathers agreed to wait this many years before banning the slave trade in the US. (AKA, congress banned the importation of NEW slaves, not outlawing the practice)
20 years (1807)
This amendment gave Women the constitutional right to vote.
19th Amendment
This was the primary objective that guided the Founding Fathers when designing the first government after declaring independence.
Protecting the states’ independence and limiting the power of a central government
A wealthy merchant argues in a newspaper essay that the nation needs a strong national government to manage trade and enforce laws. This person would identify most with this group.
Federalists
The historic English document that served as the foundational source for the constitutional principle of Rule of Law.
Magna Carta
The New Jersey plan proposed structuring the nation's legislative branch like this.
A unicameral legislature where representation is equal.
This amendment gave African American Men the constitutional right to vote in 1870.
15th Amendment
The voting power of states under the articles of confederation was structured like this.
Each state had two representatives but only one vote.
This archetype best describes the social and economic background of the anti federalists.
Common men, farmers, ect.
The main purpose of the first seven articles of the constitution.
To lay out the structural framework and operation of the federal government.
The Virginia Plan proposed structuring the nation's legislative branch like this.
A bicameral legislature with representation based on population.
This amendment ruled that residents in Washington DC have electors in the electoral college and can therefore be represented in a presidential election.
23rd Amendment
Passing major laws or modifying the Articles of Confederation was extremely difficult for Congress because it required this many state votes to pass laws and amendments.
Laws required 9 of 13 state votes, and amendments required all 13 states
These three people were the main authors of the Federalist Papers.
James Madison, Jon Jay, Alexander Hamilton
The founding father that signed his name really big on the Declaration of Independence (How much are you listening to me?)
John Hancock!
The New Jersey Plan and the Virginia plan= this compromise, which ruled that the legislative branch would be bicameral. This part of congress was based on population, and this part of congress had equal representation for all states.
The great compromise
House= based on population
Senate= equal representation
A state tries to charge voters a $50 mandatory fee at polling locations before allowing them to vote. This amendment makes this practice illegal.
24th Amendment