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34 Cards in this Set
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wat r the articles of confederation?
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The system in which the power was divided between the national Government and the state government
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Wat was the problem with the article of confederation?
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granted power to the states
congress had little power |
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WHAT ARE THE WEAKNESSES WITH THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION?
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COULD NOT ENFORCE LAWS
COULD NOT COLLECT TAXES NEEDED 2/3 MAJORITY TO PASS LAW(9/15) COULD NOT SET UP COURTS |
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WAT WERE THE STRENGTHS OF THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION?
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FIRST "CONSTITUTION"
DECLARE WAR,PROVIDE MAIL SERVICES, ENTERINTO TREATIES, AND COIN MONEY WORKOUT DISSAGREEMENTS BETWEEN STATES |
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WAT WAS SHAYS REBELLION??
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SHAYS REBELLION WAS A BUNCH OF PISSED FARMERS WHO WERE MAD BECAUSE THEY HAD TO SELL THEIR LAND BECAUSE OF THE HIGH TAXES.SO THEY BUILT UP AN ARMY OF FARMERS AND LED AN UPRISING TO SEIZE GUNS.01/07/1787
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WHEN, WAT AND WHERE WAS THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION??
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IT WAS HELD ON MAY 25,1787, IN PHILADELPHIA..IT WAS HELD TO REVISE THE ARTICLES OF CONFDERATION AND CREATE A STRONGER NATINAK GOVERNMENT
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WAT WERE THEY TRINY TO IMPROVE ON??\
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SO CONGRESS COULD COLLECT TAXES AND CONTROL TRADE W/ OTHER COUNTRIES
CREATE THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE LEGISLTIVE JUDICIAL |
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WAT WAS THE GREAT COMPROMISE
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THE GREAT COMPROMISE WAS THE PLAN TO SPLIT THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH IN TWO
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EACH STATE HAD TWO OF THESE...PART OF THE CONGRESS
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THE SENATE
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THE NUMBER OF THESE DEPENDEDON THE SIZE OF THE STATE
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THE REPRESENTITVES
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Why was slavery in the constiution??
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BECAUSE OF THE COMPROMISE SO 3/5 OF THE SLAVE POPULATION COULD VOTE AND BE COUNTED WHEN `COUNTING TAXES AND IT BOOSTED THEIR POPULATION SO THE COULD GAIN MORE REPRESENTITIVES
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WAT ARE THE ROLES OF THE PRES. ?
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ELECTORS CHOOSE PRESTIDENT
THEY CAN VETO LAWS,BUT THE CONGRESS CAN OVERIDE PRESIDENTIAL VETOES BY 2/3RD MAJORITY |
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WAT IS A FEDERALIST
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A FEDERALIST IS SOMEONE WHO SUPPORTED THE NEW CONSTITUTION
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WHAT DID THE FEDERALIST ARGUE ABOUT??
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THEY ARGUED THAT THE NEW GOVERNMENT WOULD PROVIDE A BETTER BALANCE BETWEEN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE GOVERNMENTS
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WHAT WERE THE ANTI-FEDERALISTS?
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WOULD NOT RATIFY THE CONSTITUTION
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WHEN WAS THE CONSTITUTION APPROVED
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NOVEMBER 12,1789
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WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESTIDENT AND WHERE DID HE TAKE OFFICE
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GEORGE WASHINGTON-NEW YORK CITY ON APRIL 30,1789
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WHAT ARE THE BILL RIGHTS
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THE RIGHTS THAT THE AMERICANS TRULY WANTED..BECAUSE THEY FOUGHT FOR THEM DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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WHAT DID THE CONSTITUTIOAN DO>
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CREATED A STRONG NATIONAL GOVERNMENTWITH BRANCHES
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WHAT IS:
ARTICLE 1 ARTICLE 2 ARTICLE 3 |
LEGISLATIVE
EXECUTIVE JUDICIAL |
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WHAT IS CHECK AND BALLANCES
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THE BALANCING OF POWER AND THE CHECKING OF ONE BRANCH BY ANOTHER
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WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
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AN IMPORTANT ROUTE TO SHIP CATTLE, PIGS,AND CORN TO SELL THE PROFIT
-PRETTY MUCH FOR GOODS TO BE SHIPPED |
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WHAT IS THE LOUISANA PURCHASE
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PRESIDEN THOMAS JEFFERSON OFFERD TO BUY NEW ORLEANS AND ALL OF THE lOUISISANA PURCHASE
-15,000,000 DOLLARS -DOUBLED THE UNITED STATES |
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WAT DID CAPTAIN MERIWETHER LT.WILLIAM CLARKE EXPLORE
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THEY EXPLORED THE NORTHEREN PART OF THE LOUISISANA PURCHASE BUT THEIR INSTRUCTIONS WERE TO FIND A WATER PASSAGEWAY ACROSS THE CONTINENT THEY ALSO ESTABLISHED GOOD RELATIONS WITH NATIVE AMERICANS &DESCRIBE THE LANDSCAPE,PLANTS&ANIMALS
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WAT WAS THE PIKE EXPEDITION?
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ZEBULON PIKE EXPLORED THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE (TERRITORY)
INSTRUCTIONS TO FIND SOURCES OF ARKANSAS AND THE RED RIVERS.....BUT HIS TEAM NEVER EXPLORED THE RED RIVER BUT DID BRING BACK VALUABLE INFO OF THE GREAT PLAINS&RIO GRANDE VALLEY |
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WHAT WERE THE EFFECTS OF THE EXPLORATION?
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SCIENTIFIC AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFO...PRODUCED THE FIRST GOOD MAPS OF THE LOUISISANA PURCHASE
-BOOSTED INTEREST IN FUR TRADE -DESCRIBED GREAT PLAINS AS A DDESERT USELESS FOR FARMING |
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WHAT WAS THE SOUTH AFRAID OF ?
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THAT THE STATES BEING ADMITTED TO THE UNION WOULD BE FREE STATES...MIGHT BALANCE FREE STATES VS. SLAVE STATES ALARMED MANY SOUTHERNERS
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TENSIONS BETWEEN THE US AND BRITAIN?
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NEITHER LIVED UP TO THE TERMS OF THE TREATY OF PARIS, WE DID NOT RESTORE THE PROPERTY TAKEN FROM THE LOYALISTS, THEY DID NOT GIVE UP THEIR FORTS,MAINTAINED TRADE RELATIONS WITH NATIVE AMERICANS
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WAR BETWEEN BRIT AND FRANCE
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BOTH DIDNT WANT US TO SUPPLY FOOD TO THE ENEMY..BRIT:BLOCKADE US SHIPS TRADING W/ FRANCE
FRANCE:BLOCKADE US SHIPS TRADING WITH BRIT ---THE BRITS WOULD IMPRESS THE AMERICAN SAILORS TO WORK ON THE BRITSH SHIPS |
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TRADE AS A WEAPON
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CONGRESS PASSED THE EMBARGO ACT OF 1807 WHICH SAID THAT AMERICAN SHIPS FORBIDDEN TO SAIL TO PARTS OF CLOSED THE AMERICAN PARTS TO THE BRITISH
--IT HURT THE AMERICANS MORE THAN BRITATIN |
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WAR WITH BRITAIN BEGINS
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-JACKSON AND WAR HAWKS-CONGRESS DECLARED WAR ON BRITAIN 06/18/1812
-08/1814-BRITISH AND BURN DC |
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WAT OF FORT MCHENRY
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BRITSH DEFEATED IT
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THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS
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01/08/1815--GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON WHICH MADE JACKSON A HERO AND HE DEFEATED THE BRITISH LED TO THE TREATY OG GHENT ANDE THE END OF WAR 1812
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WHAT WERE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR?/
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NO CLEAR WINNER...NO TERRITORY CHANGED HANDS.TRADE DISPUTES REMAINED UNSETTELED
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