Articles of Confederation
What was missing from the Articles of confederation?
President.
Equal power.
Organization.
How did the compromise affect the political balance of power?
By boosting the population counts of slaveholding states, the compromise gave the South disproportionate political power in both the House of Representatives and the Electoral College for decades. This allowed slaveholders to wield outsized influence in national politics, including the election of presidents.
How does Representation work in both Senate and house of representatives?
Representatives is based on population.
Senate, each state gets two.
This document, beginning with the words "We the People," is the supreme law of the land?
The Constitution.
Which president famously owned a pet garter snake named Emily Spinach?
President Theodore Roosevelt
What differs from the articles of confederation and the actual Constitution?
Possible answers:
The Constitution had 3 separate branches.
The constitution was more established and had a stronger government then the articles of confederation.
What was the presepective in the south?
That black people should be able to vote.
It established a two-house Congress?
The House of Representatives and the Senate.
James Madison is often called the "Father of the Constitution," but this Founding Father's poor health required assistance to sign it?
Benjamin Franklin
Which president was a licensed bartender and co-owned a bar/liquor store?
Abraham Lincoln
Why did the Articles of confederation ultimately fail?
Because the government was ultimately to strong
Describe the presepective before the compromise in the north?
They said they were being treated has property and shouldn't vote.
What did representation mean for the legislative branch?
It was split into two bicameral representation based on different principles in each house.
Ratified in 1791, these are the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution?
The Bill of rights
What did President Richard Nixon add to the White House to indulge in his favorite sport?
He installed a bowling alley in 1969.
What is a consequence of the Articles of Confederation?
Shay's rebellion, economic instability.
What did they finally decided black people would finally be counted as?
3/5 of person.
What was argued before the compromise?
Representation in small and large states.
The president has this power to reject a bill passed by Congress?
A veto
Which president changed the name of the presidential retreat Shangri-La to Camp David?
President Dwight D. Eisenhower renamed it after his grandson, David.
What is the articles of confederation?
The United States first constitution, serving as the governing document from 1781-1789
What did it grant black people but what still didn't they have?
It solidified the institution of slavery by counting enslaved people for the purpose of political power without granting them any rights or citizenship.
Advocated for equal representation for every state, similar to the Articles of Confederation, which would have given more power to smaller states?
The structure it created is still the foundation of the U.S. Congress today, with the House of Representatives based on population and the Senate providing equal representation for every state.
The principle that allows the Supreme Court to declare acts of the legislative and executive branches unconstitutional?
What is judicial review?
Which president had the Secret Service code name "Rawhide?"
Ronald Reagan had the Secret Service code name "Rawhide," and his wife Nancy's was "Rainbow".