Articles of Confederation
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This document was the nation's first constitution and created the nation's first national government.
What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
To revise the Articles of Confederation?
how many amendments are there in total
27
Everyone, citizens and powerful leaders alike, must obey the law and the Constitution. No one is above the law and the government is not given complete power.
A. Federalism
B. Individual Rights
C. Limited Government
Limited Government
Personal liberties and privileges that you have simply because you are human. The government CANNOT take away these rights.
A. Checks and Balances
B. Limited Government
C. Individual Rights
Individual Rights
The Articles of Confederation created a _______ (weak/strong) central government.
WEAK!!
What was the Virginia Plan for representation in Congress? Who supported this plan? (large states or small states)
- Supported by large states
-Bicameral (2 house) legislature where the number of representatives per state would be based on population.
how many rights are in the bill of right
10
The people exercise their power by voting for their political representatives.
A. Separation of Powers
B. Popular Sovereignty
C. Republicanism
Republicanism
Power is shared between the national and state governments.
A. Republicanism
B. Limited Government
C. Federalism
Why did the framers of the Constitution initially create a weak central government?
They did not want to create a government who might abuse its power like King George III.
What was the New Jersey Plan for representation in Congress? Who was is supported by? (small/large states)
- Supported by small states
- A unicameral (one house) legislature where each state had an equal amount of representatives
what is the second amendment
right to bear arms
The division of basic government roles into branches. No one branch is given all the power. The US has 3 branches of government.
A. Checks and Balances
B. Separation of Powers
C. Federalism
Separation of Powers
Each branch of government has the power to exercise checks, or controls, over the other branches.
A. Separation of Powers
B. Checks and Balances
C. Popular Sovereignty
Checks and Balances
What was the name of the event that exposed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Shay's Rebellion
What was the Great Compromise?
This plan combined the New Jersey and Virginia Plan. It created a bicameral (2 house) legislature where the House of Representatives would be based on population and the Senate would have an equal number of representatives per state (2).
what is the 5th amendment
right to remain silent
A government ruled by the people
Word bank: federalism, republicanism, checks and balances, separation of powers, individual rights, popular sovereignty, limited government
Popular sovereignty
What is federalism?
Power is shared between the national and state governments
Name 2 weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation:
1. No executive branch (president)
2. No judicial branch (no courts)
3. Cannot raise an army
4. Cannot levy taxes
What was the 3/5 compromise?
This compromise stated that only 3/5 of the slave population would count when determining the population of that state to see how many representatives that state would have.
what are the 4 rights in the first amendment
freedom of speech, partition, press, religion
What are checks and balances?
Each branch of government has the power to exercise checks, or controls, over the other branches.
What is republicanism?
The people exercise their power by voting for their political representatives