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19 Cards in this Set
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Be sure to know the meanings of key vocabulary terms...
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...such as natural rights, Senate, Anti-Federalists, and suffrage
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Be sure you can list the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation...
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...including the things the Americans disliked about life under the king.
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Be sure you understand the system of checks and balances..
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...you know, the three branches keeping each other in check....
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More vocabulary...
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....debtors, Federalists, republic, ratification...
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Be able to explain the reasons that the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists disagreed...
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...it had to do with the new U.S. Constitution...
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Remember James Bowdoin...
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...and his part in the farmer's rebellion?
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Under the Articles of Confederation, did the states or the national government have more power?
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I should know this.....
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Remember the dispute over the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?
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Yes! It had to do with how states would be represented in Congress. (Know the differences)
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Remember the Great Compromise...
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...and the reason for it!
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Don't forget the 3/5 compromise...
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...the reason for it ( had to do with slavery)
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Know the reason for having the Constitutional Convention
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....the delegates knew it was necessary.
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Be able to describe where the Founding Fathers got their ideas for government...
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...the earlier documents (from England and America) and the early thinkers, and groups.
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Be able to explain the main issues discussed at the Convention...
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...and how the delegates settled their differences.
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Know the reason so many people wanted a Bill of Rights...
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....added to the Constitution.
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Remember the kinds of trouble foreign countries made for the U.S.?....
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...Spain and England especially.
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What caused...
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...Shay's Rebellion? Remember the angry farmers?
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Be able to explain what a "compromise" is...
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....ok thanks.
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Be able to name the states made from the...
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....The Northwest Territory.
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Be able to name Federalists....
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....and Anti-Federalists.
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