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52 Cards in this Set
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Why did American Political leaders adopt a weak central government |
Feared a strong central government like England's |
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What was the name of the first national government of the United States |
Articles of Confederation |
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What are powers that congress did not have under the Articles of Confederation |
Tax and regulate commerce under the state |
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Was there a common currency under the Articles of Confederation |
No |
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How many votes did each state get in congress, regardless of size |
one |
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Was there an executive or judicial branch under the Articles of Confederation |
No |
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What term refers to the time period during which the U.S. was under the Articles of Confederation |
Critical Period |
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What law established a plan for surveying the western lands |
Land Ordinance of 1785 |
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What law provided the process for the creation and admission of new states |
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
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Name 5 problems faced by the United States during the Critical Period |
Huge war debt, Inflation, Disputes among states, International Problems, Shay's Rebellion ( 1787 ) |
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In what state was Shay's Rebellion |
Massachusetts |
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What convention was called to settle disputes among states over commerce |
Annapolis Convention |
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When and where was the Constitutional Convention |
Philidelphia May-Sept 1787 |
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Who presided over the Constitutional Convention |
George Washington |
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What did George Washington's presence bring |
Prestige to the meeting |
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Who often led the debates at the Convention |
James Madison |
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What plan of government became the basis of the new government |
The Virginia Plan |
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Who wrote the Virginia Plan |
James Madison |
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Who wrote the New Jearsy Plan |
William Paterson |
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What states did the New Jearsey Plan favor |
Small States |
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What compromise created a 2- house congress |
The Great Compromise |
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In which house of Congress does each state get 2 votes |
Senate |
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Which house of congress is representation based on population |
House of Representatives |
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What compromise said slaves counted as 3/5ths of a person when determining a state's representation in the House of Representatives |
3/5ths Compromise |
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under the slave trade compromise, Congress could not abolish the slave trade for at least how many years |
20 years |
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The supreme court's power to determine if laws of Congress and presidential actions are constitutional |
Judicial Review |
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The government's powers are limited to those in the Constitution |
Limited Government |
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The three branches of government have checks or restraints over each other |
Checks and balances |
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The national government has three branches and the powers of the national government are divided into three branches |
separation of powers |
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The people come togethor and agree to form a government to protect their rights |
Social Contract |
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Divided power between the federal and state gov'ts, with the national being supreme |
Federalism |
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The people are the source of gov'ts power and gov't only rule with their consent |
Consent of the governed |
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What is the goal of "separation of powers" |
avoid a too-powerful central government |
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Which branch of the government makes the laws |
Legislative |
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Congress has the power to do anything |
"necessary & Proper |
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Which branch of the government carries out the laws |
Executive Branch |
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Which branch of the government judges/interprets the constitution and the laws |
Judicial Branch |
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What term refers to a change in the Constitution |
Amendments |
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Feared that an overly powerful government would endanger individual rights and overpower states |
Anti-Federalists |
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Wanted a strong central government, especially to promote economic development and public improvements |
Federalists |
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Favored the Constitution |
Federalists |
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Were against the Constitution |
Anti-Federalists |
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Influence those today who belief who believe the federal government gov't should be very active in solving national problems |
Federalists |
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Influence conservative thinkers today who champion liberty, individual initiative, and free markets |
Anti-Federalists |
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Who were the leaders of the Federalists |
George Washington and James Madison |
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Who were the Anti-Federalists |
Patrick Henry and Geroge Mason |
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What did the Anti-Federalists demand |
Bill of Rights |
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When was the Constituion ratified |
1788 |
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What was the name of the amendments 1-10 |
The Bill of Rights |
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Who wrote the Bill of Rights |
James Madison |
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What document dealt with basic human rights and was written by George Mason |
VA Declaration of Rights |
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What document outlawed having an established religion and was written by Thomas Jefferson |
Statute of religious Freedom |
