farmers wanted the government to help them. Possible effects: some farmers were killed; support grew for government; increased support for revision of the Articles of Confederation.
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What influenced the framers of the Constitution?
Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, Enlightment, John Locke, and Baron de Montesquieu
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Manumission is...
the freeing of some enslaved people
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what powers did the constitution leave in hands of the state governments?
all powers not specifically granted to the federal government
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How does a law begin as?
a bill
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Checks and balances is...
the system in which each branch of government has a check on the other two branches so that no one branch becomes too powerful
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Under the federal system what is the final authority?
The Constitution
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The Virginia Plan is...
a two -house legislature, a chief executive chosen by the legislature and the court system
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What are the 2 primary functions of Congress?
to make the nations laws and control government spending
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how does the president check congress?
the president can veto a bill
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Judicial branch is...
branch of government, headed by the president, that carries out the nation's laws and policies.
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Why was the Marbury Vs. Madison case a landmark case?
Chief Justice John Marshall expanded the powers of the Supreme Court using judicial review
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The New Jersey Plan is...
kept the one-house legislature, with one vote for each state, congress could set taxes and regulate trade, congress could elect a weak executive branch consisting of more than one person
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What cause financial problems after the revolutionary war?
currency had depreciated. government could ont pay it war debt. money printed during the revolutionary war was worthless. no gold or silver to back up money. priced of goods increased. congress borrowed money from contries and citizens and had to pay american soldiers for their military service.
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strenghts and weaknesses of the articles of confederation?
strenghts: conduct foreign affairs, issue currency, borrow money, maintain armed forced.
Weaknesses: could not regulate trade, make soldiers join the army, or impose taxes
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What is an article?
a part of a document such as the Constitution, that deals with a single subject.
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How are limited government, republicanism, and popular sovereignty important parts of the Constitution?
the framers feared misuse of government power and restrictes it. governments received their power by the will of people; and the voters hold sovereign power
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What caused the depression after the Revolution?
damage to plantation cut rice exports; trade slowed; foreign debts had to be paid; higher taxes forced farmers out of business
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provision is..
a clause of precation
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Northwest territory?
lands north of the ohio river, the lands west of pennsylvania between the ohio and mississippi rivers
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Electoral College?
a special group of voters selected by their state's voters to vote for the president
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What are the 3 branches of government?
Legislative- lawmaking branch; makes nations laws
Judicial- court system branch; supreme court
Executive- carry out laws
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How did the Great Compromise satisfy both the smaller and the larger states on the question of representation?
in the house of representatives, seats are based on a states population, this satisfied the larger states in the senate each state had two seats, this satisfied the smaller states.
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bicameral
two houses or chambers, especially in the legislature