Documents
What document said that there is no true representation in a large republic?
Brutus 1 and Federalist 10
The First Constitution was called
The Articles of Confederation
What were the two plans at the Constitutional Convention?
Virginia and New Jersey Plans
Article V of the Constitution:
It requires both state and national action: Proposed by ⅔ votes of each house of Congress and ratified by ¾ of state legislatures
Capitalists, wealthy, creditors and a strong national government needed to protect nation and solve domestic problems
The Federalists
It called for separation of powers among three branches of government:
The Constitution
What propelled the states to want to change the AOC?
Shays' Rebellion
Congress would have a bicameral legislature (The House of Representatives) based on population of the state and equal representation of the states-two senators per state (The Senate)
The Great Compromise or the Connecticut Compromise
What are Articles I, II and III of the Constitution?
The Legislative, Executive and Judicial branch of the Constitution
Farmers, poor, debtors and wanted strong state governments; feared a strong national government
The Anti-Federalists
The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution to
protect individual liberties
What happened with Shays' Rebellion
Banks foreclosed on Farmers' land b/c they couldn't pay the increased taxes; they rioted and the federal govt could not raise an army to put down the rebellion.
The Virginia Plan:
Bicameral Legislature, Two houses and based on the population of the state, Single executive chosen by legislative branch, judges chosen by legislative branch
What is judicial review? And what case did it come from?
The ability of the federal courts to declare a presidential act or law of Congress unconstitutional; Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Strict constructionists on the Constitution and they wanted a Bill of Rights to protect citizens against the government
The Anti-Federalists
A major weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that
made it too difficult for the government to raise money through taxes
What event during the Articles of Confederation greatly influenced the Founders to ensure that the new government would have a strong federal government?
Shays' Rebellion
New Jersey Plan:
Unicameral Legislature, representation in the house would be equal among the states, plural executives chosen by legislative branch, no veto powers, removal by the states; Judges appointed for life
The Constitution is the supreme law of the land: What Article of the Constitution is this?
Article VI
Loose constructionists of the Constitution and saw the Constitution as a bill of rights; state constitutions already had protections in their bill of rights
Federalists
Appropriate checks and balances can be created in govt and it provides for a separation of powers within the national govt
Federalist 51
Name 3 problems with the Articles of Confederation
No military power to repel hostile forces, No executive branch to enforce laws, no national court system, No power to regulate interstate trade, No exclusive power to coin money, the national government didn't have the power to tax the states
What are the 3 out of 4 compromises at the Constitutional Convention?
3/5, The Commerce and Slave Trade and the Electoral College
Promises the Feds give to the States and the States give one another: What Article of the Constitution is this?
Article IV
It would not be abolished until 1808:
The slave trade