Articles of Confederation
How many branches of government did the Articles of Confederation have?
1, only a legislature
What rebellion was the final straw that showed the young country that the Articles of Confederation needed to be changed?
Shay's Rebellion
At the Constitutional Convention, what was the very first thing the delegates decided to do with the Articles of Confederation?
Get rid of it and create a new government
The Constitution's framers intentionally made it ________ to change the Constitution
Difficult
People who support the constitution
Federalists
What type of government did the U.S. have under the Articles of Confederation?
Confederation
(A loose association, or league of states. States have more authority than the federal government).
The two biggest weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation is that they could not tax and
could not enforce the law
The delegates at the convention decided to create a republican form of government. What is a republic?
Where you have elected representatives to represent you in the government and governs the nation.
The Constitution itself is written law, which means that it _______ the government's powers by saying what they can and cannot do.
limits
What collection of essays took all all of the arguments against the Constitution and refuted all of it
The Federalist Papers
The Northwest Ordinance of 1785 did what three things to the new territories?
Surveyed, divided, and sold the land
According to the Northwest Ordance of 1787, if a territory has 60,000 people, a constitution, and a _____________ form of government, they could become a state.
Republican
The Great Compromise created a bicameral legislature, consisting of a lower and upper house. What are they and how is representation determined?
Lower: House of Representatives, based on population through the Census taken every 10 years.
Upper: Senate, each state gets 2 Senators.
What divides governmental powers between 3 branches
Separation of powers.
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
What system indirectly elects the President through electors instead of a simple majority vote.
Electoral College
The only way to change to change the Articles of Confederation was to have ___________ consent of the states.
unanimous
The Continental paper notes (currency) were worthless because it did not have what two things to back it?
Gold and Silver
The Southern states wanted slaves to be counted to go towards their population count for representation reasons. What was the compromise that came from this issue?
3/5 of the slave population will be counted (3/5 Compromise)
Free inhabitants pop + 3/5 slave pop = Total pop
What divides the governmental power between the federal and state government where each level of government has their own powers and responsibilities
Federal system
A reason why the the Constitution has lasted so long is due to the delegates being influenced by sound ________ principals
Biblical
There was 3 things the states agreed on to help each other with under the Articles of Confederation.
1: Each state would recognize each others legal documents, such as birth, death, marriage certificates
2: The states have to settle their differences through arbitration.
3: Return criminals and _______ ________ who have crossed state lines.
runaway slaves
The Americans negotiation with Spain allowed Americas the _____ __ ______ in New Orleans, as long as they paid high tariffs.
Right of Deposit
(Freedom to stockpile goods at a port while awaiting ships to transport it overseas).
The compromises made on trade and navigation, the national government wanted tariffs on imported goods to give domestic manufacturing ...
and advantage over foreign manufacturing.
The Executive pardoning somebody convicted of a crime from the Judiciary is an example of
Checks and Balances
The two concerns over ratification of the Constitution is that it lacked a bill of rights, and ....
the federal government will be more powerful than the states.