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| How many states had agree to amend the constitution? |
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jnc Thu, 06 May 2010 01:30:44 GMT |
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| How many states had to agree to ratify the constitution? |
9 |
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jnc Thu, 06 May 2010 01:30:44 GMT |
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| what are checks and balances? |
keeps the branches of government from becoming too powerful (framers gave power to congress to pass legislation, president can reject, congress can override president's veto, etc.) |
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jnc Thu, 06 May 2010 00:34:49 GMT |
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| Judicial Branch |
people: national court systems- SUPREME COURT
job: INTERPRETS LAWS, settles disputes between states, punishes criminals |
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jnc Thu, 06 May 2010 00:34:49 GMT |
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| Executive Branch |
people: presiden and cabinet members
job: enforces the laws |
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jnc Wed, 05 May 2010 23:44:44 GMT |
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| Legislative branch |
people: senate and house of representatives
job: propose and passes the laws |
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jnc Wed, 05 May 2010 23:44:44 GMT |
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| What are the branches of government? |
legislative, executive, and judicial |
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jnc Wed, 05 May 2010 23:44:44 GMT |
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| What compromises were reached due to the issue of slavery? |
3/5 compromise-counted 3/5 of a slave for the population
north let the south import slaves until 1808 when they could only trade then in the US |
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jnc Wed, 05 May 2010 23:44:44 GMT |
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| What were the federalist papers and who wrote them? |
papers that told anti federalists that the new constitution won't over power the states- lots of essays- most by James Madison |
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jnc Wed, 05 May 2010 23:21:34 GMT |
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| What is a Bill of Rights and what does it protect? |
1st 10 constitutional amendments that protected individual rights |
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jnc Wed, 05 May 2010 23:21:34 GMT |
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| federalism |
sharing the power between the state and central government |
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jnc Wed, 05 May 2010 23:21:34 GMT |
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| Anti Federalists |
opposed the constitution and thought that a stronger central government would be too strong wanted a little bit stronger though, not too strong |
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jnc Wed, 05 May 2010 23:21:34 GMT |
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| Federalists |
wanted a stronger constitution |
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jnc Wed, 05 May 2010 23:11:52 GMT |
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| Connecticut Compromise/Great Compromise |
in the senate, each state has 2 senators and in the House of Representatives, the number of representatives is based on the population (each state gets at least 1 rep) |
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jnc Wed, 05 May 2010 23:11:52 GMT |
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| New Jersey Plan |
wanted equal representation in all states- big states didn't like because there were so many more people in their states, that it would be like the little states are ruling the big ones |
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jnc Wed, 05 May 2010 23:11:52 GMT |
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| Virginia Plan |
wanted representation based on population- favored by large states because they would have more representatives-also gave the idea of having 3 branches of government |
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jnc Wed, 05 May 2010 23:11:52 GMT |
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| What caused the founding fathers to believe that the Articles of Confederation needed to be amended or discarded? |
weak central government and Shay's Rebellion. It was when the farmers didn't have money to pay debts, to they began to revolt and they eventually, they closed down the courts because then, they couldn't take anyone's property-defeated by state troops and arrested-let out eventually |
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jnc Wed, 05 May 2010 22:59:23 GMT |
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| With whom or what did the power of the government lie under the Articles of Confederation and why? |
The states because they feared a strong central government (didn't want to end up with a king) |
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jnc Wed, 05 May 2010 22:59:23 GMT |
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| What were the problems with the Articles of Confederation? |
no leader (president), weak central government, no national court system, no army (so they couldn't defend themselves), each state acted like its own country, each state could print their own money, so there was a restriction of trade, nobody could enforce laws (if the government wanted money, they had to ask for it), state problems |
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jnc Wed, 05 May 2010 22:59:23 GMT |
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| What were the Articles of Confederation? |
the first document in which the US governed themselves |
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