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60 Cards in this Set
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What were the 4 key central governmental powers?
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1. Pursuing war and peace
2. Conducting foreign 3. Regulating trade 4. Running a post office |
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From when to when did the united states have no formal constitutional basis?
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1775-1781
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How did the Articles of Confederation define the Union?
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A firm league of Friendship existing mainly to foster a common defense.
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Under the Articles of Confederation, what two things didn't exist?
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1. No Presidency
2. No Judiciary |
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Routine decisions in the congress required a majority of how many states?
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7!
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For big decisions like declarations of war, congress required a majority of how many states?
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9!
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In order to amend the articles, congress required a majority of how many states?
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All 13!
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TRUE OR FALSE: The AoC gave the national government power to directly tax the people.
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FALSE. The AoC gave the government NO POWER of taxation.
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Under the AoC, was the Congress unicameral or bicameral?
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Unicameral!
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Under the AoC, how often are members of Congress exchanged?
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Every 3 years.
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Under the AoC, whose job was it to collect taxes?
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The states!
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TRUE OR FALSE: Under the AoC, the states could not coin money.
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FALSE. They could coin their own money.
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What four things did the States do under the AoC?
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1. Keep ships of war
2. Raise armies 3. Have judiciary 4. Make laws |
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What was the main risk involved with the States being able to keep ships of war, raise armies, have a judiciary and make laws?
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They could declare war on each other!
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What was the main problem for the AoC to be passed?
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The smaller states complained that the bigger states have too much power due to western territories, so smaller states refused to agree until territory is deemed US territory to be used for other *new* states in the future.
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Which 2 states refused to agree to the AoC and held out the longest?
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Delaware and Maryland
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What was the first state to have a Bill of Rights?
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Virginia!
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How many houses were there under the AoC? What were they called?
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ONE = Congress!
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What were the 6 powers of the State?
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1. Coin Money
2. Levy Taxes 3. Raise arms 4. Keep ships of war 5. Voting 6. Slavery |
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Up until 1808, New Jersey let who vote?
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Property owning females and blacks!
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What was Republicanism?
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A form of government in which supreme power resides in the hands of citizens with the right to vote and is exercised by a representative government answerable to this electorate.
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In terms of social philosophy, what was republicanism?
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A sense of community and called individuals to act for the public good.
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What is Disenfranchise?
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To take away someone's vote
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What is Suffrage?
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The vote
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In order to vote, you had to be what?
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A land owning, white, male.
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What is a Bill of Rights?
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Basic liberties that the government cannot infringe upon.
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What were the 5 basic rights under the Bill of Rights?
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1. Freedom of speech
2. Trial by jury 3. Free press 4. Pursuit of happiness 5. Right to own and keep property |
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What were the State property qualifications?
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Largely, you had to own at least 50 acres to vote but sometimes you just had to pay property taxes on something to be able to vote.
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What were the effects of State Property Qualifications?
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It disenfranchised 1/4 to 1/2 of adult white males in all states from voting, leaving voting largely to the richest males.
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What is Manumission?
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the act of a slave owner freeing his or her slaves.
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What were the 3 main issues the Confederation government faced?
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1. Pay large war debt
2. Make formal peace with indians 3. Direct western settlement |
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What was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
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A 3-stage process by which settled territories would advance to statehood.
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What was the first stage of the Northwest Ordinance?
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Congress would appoint officials for a sparsely populated territory to adopt a legal code and appoint local officials to administer justice.
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What was the second stage of the Northwest Ordinance?
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When free male land owning population reached 5000, territory could elect its own legislature and send nonvoting delegate to congress.
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What was the third stage of the Northwest Ordinance?
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When the free male land owning population reached 60,000, territory could write constitution and apply for admission into the Union.
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What is another important fact about Northwest Ordinance?
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It freed slaves north of Virginia but Fugitive Slave Act said any slave found escaping to the N had to be returned.
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What was Shay's Rebellion?
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was an armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787.
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What was the Cause of Shay's Rebellion?
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Farmers were being taxed too much and they couldn't always pay and were thrown in jail.
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What was the only state that could really give the Confederation Government real coined money?
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Massachusetts (the rest gave whatever they could - chickens, crops, etc.)
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Shay's Rebellion caused leaders to worry about what?
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Worry about the confederation's ability to handle civil disorder.
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7 years after the Revolutionary War, what was happening in the country?
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It was already falling apart because the AoC weren't working!
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What profession largely wrote the Constitution?
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Lawyers
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Who is the father of our economy?
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Alexander Hamilton
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What was the Constitutional Convention?
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Gathering of delegates in Philadelphia to discuss the weaknesses of the AoC led by Hamilton.
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At the Constitutional Convention, what 3 things are decided that are needed?
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1. Bicameral house
2. Executive office 3. Supreme Court |
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Under a bicameral house, the house of representatives and senate are voted in by who?
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Senate - appointed by states
House of representatives - voted in by the people |
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What was the electoral college?
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A temporary group of virtuous citizens who elected the President
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Who appointed members of the Supreme Court?
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The president with senate approval
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What 5 things does the President do?
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1. Veto Congress
2. Command military 3. Direct Foreign affairs 4. Initiate policies 5. Propose legislation |
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In the Constitutional government, who holds the purse strings?
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Congress!
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What 4 things does Congress do?
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1. Power to levy taxes
2. Regulate trade 3. Control currency 4. Coin money |
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TRUE OR FALSE: Under the constitutional government, the states are still allowed to coin money.
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FALSE. They are not allowed to coin money.
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Why did the government proposed by the constutional convention employ multiple checks on each branch?
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In order to prevent any one group from getting all the power
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What are Federalists?
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Pro-Constitutionalists!
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What are Anti-Federalists?
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Anti-Constitutionalists
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Of Federalists or Anti-federalists, who chinks the central government should be stronger?
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Federalists!
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Anti-federalists are worried about what in relation to the government?
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They're worried that if it gets super strong, the government will become tyrannical.
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Of Federalists or Anti-Federalists, which came from all economic classes?
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Anti-Federalists!
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Name a few Federalists.
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John Adams, Hamilton
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Name a few Anti-Federalists.
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Patrick Henry, Jefferson
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