AOC
CONST. COMPROMISES
COMPROMISES CONT.
PHILOSOPHERS
RANDOM
100

Under the Articles of Confederation, how was representation among the states decided?

What is each state having one vote? 

100

This compromise settled the debate of how to represent states in Congress 

what is The great Compromise 

100

allowed states to partially count slaves in total population 

what is the 3/5ths compromise? 

100

this philosopher led to the creation of a system of checks and balances in the US 

who is Montesquieu ? 

100

word that means shortcoming, imperfection or lack 

what is defect? 

200

This branch of government that contains the office of president was missing from the articles of confederation

what is the executive branch 

200

This plan for representation of the states included  a unicameral legislature with equal representation.

what is the New Jersey plan? 

200

establish a two-chamber structure with one apportioned by population and one equally apportioned

what is the Great Compromise ? 

200

life, liberty, and property 

what are the natural rights? 

200

a form of autocratic government where power is centered around one person or one small group of people 

what is despotism? 

300

two weaknesses of the AOC 

a weak central government with no executive or judicial branches, the inability to levy taxes or regulate commerce, and the difficulty in passing laws or amending the document, no ability to maintain an army.

300

This compromise settled the debate of how to count population for taxation and representation 

what is the 3/5ths compromise 

300

establish a system in which a select group of state officials vote for candidates

what is the electoral college 

300

which philosopher do we most see in this excerpt from the DOI

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"

who is John Locke? 

300

type of government where citizens elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf 

what is a republic 

400

what document replaced the AOC 

what is the constitution 

400

this plan for representation of the states included  a bicameral legislature with proportional representation in the lower chamber.

what is the Virginia plan? 

400

list two things the const corrected from the AOC 

1. no ability to enforce laws/ creation of the executive branch 

2. no ability to levy taxes/ great Compromise 

3. no ability to maintain army/ great compromise 

4. weak central government/ adding the three branches of government 

5. difficult amending process/ great compromise 

400

what idea is being described here 

"The Legislative cannot transfer the power of making laws to any other hands: for it being but a delegated power from the people, they who have it cannot pass it over to others. The people alone can appoint the form of the commonwealth, which is by constituting the legislative, and appointing in whose hands that shall be."

-John Locke, 1690

what is a representative government? 

400

type of legislature used in the US 

what is bicameral legislature 

500

this  event prompted the states to consider amending the AOC 

what is shay's rebellion 

500

this compromise ensured that a well-qualified individual is elected president while allowing each state to independently decide who to support for president

What is the electoral college? 

500

balance of power between state and federal governments 

what is Federalism 

500

which of Locke's ideas is described here 

"The only way whereby any one divests himself of his natural liberty, and puts on the bonds of civil society, is by agreeing with other men to join and unite into a community for their comfortable, safe, and peaceable living one amongst another, in a secure enjoyment of their properties, and a greater security against any, that are not of it."

-John Locke, 1690

what is social contract? 

500

How representation is decided in the HOR 

what is based on population?