Key concepts of the Constitution
This key concept explains how each branch of government has its own powers and responsibilities.
What is Separation of Powers?
What is a vote?
This is the name of the compromise that brought together the Virginia and New Jersey Plans.
What is the Great Compromise?
This means a group of individuals united with a purpose.
What is a Confederation?
This is when state and national governments work together and share power.
What is federalism?
These were two of the good things that came from the Articles of Confederation. (Name any two)
What are
-Other countries began taking the US seriously
-First time all of the 13 states were joined together as a country
-It allowed people to travel between states
-trade increased
-Set up clear rules for the new government
-states got to keep their independence
Small states were in favor of this plan.
What is the New Jersey plan?
This is when two groups decide to give up part of what they want in order to make a deal that works for both groups.
What is a compromise?
What is checks and balances?
This is one of the reasons why the economy was an issue in the Articles of Confederation.
What is
-Each state had its own money
-each state controlled its own trade
-money had different value in each state
-Other countries only traded with certain states.
-Congress couldn't collect taxes
This plan recommended that a state's population determine how many representatives they had in congress.
What is the Virginia Plan?
This is the group that makes laws.
What is the legislature/legislative branch/congress?
This explains how the government gets its power from the people.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
This is the reason why the colonists decided to make the government weak in the Articles of Confederation.
The colonists were afraid of having another leader that was too powerful like they had with the King of England.
In Congress, each state is given the same number of representatives in this house.
What is the Senate?
This means there are two houses of Congress.
What is Bicameral?
An example of this is when people vote for representatives to serve as lawmakers in Congress.
What is republicanism?
This is one reason why the Articles of Confederation failed.
What are...
-No national Military
-Congress had no power to enforce laws
-Voting was difficult (13/13 votes to make a change and 9/13 to pass a law)
-States did not have to help each other
-Congress couldn't tax
-there was no way to control trade
-no national court system.
This is the name of the compromise that settled the issue of slaves being counted toward the population in the Constitution.
These two Branches of government DID NOT exist under the Articles of Confederation.
What are the Executive and Judicial Branches?
These are FIVE reasons why the Articles of Confederation failed.
What are...
-No national Military
-Congress had no power to enforce laws
-Voting was difficult (13/13 votes to make a change and 9/13 to pass a law)
-States did not have to help each other
-Congress couldn't tax
-there was no way to control trade
-no national court system.