Connecticut Compromise

Often times, America is referred to a a democracy. While this statement is partially true, a more accurate term would be a “representative democracy”. We, the people, do not vote on each issue that passes through Congress; instead, we elect officials to represent us during the voting process. Congress is bicameral legislature. This means that we have divided the legislature into two chambers. When creating the Congressional structure we have today, there were many disagreements about how…

Description The Electoral College and be found in Article 2, Section 1, of the Constitution. It was created in 1787 and thought up by James Madison. The electoral college states that if a candidate wins a state then all of the state's electoral votes go to that state, but it’s more complex than that, it also states that the number of electors a state has is based on population. The electoral college also stated that a slave owner could count their slaves as ⅗ of a person when counting out total…

The Paradox of Democracy The paradox of democracy is that majority rule may not agree with minority rights, but it is impossible to create a balance between the two; however, it may be possible to get rid of the effects of this paradox, therefore rendering it harmless. An example of the paradox may be slavery; the majority ruled that the minority should not have any rights at all. The Jim Crow Law, passed in 1877, gave states in the US the right to segregate between white people and colored…

The United States of America has prevented against tyranny since 1787 when the constitution was adopted and signed. Since then, systems such as federalism, separation of power and checks and balances have worked together to guard against tyranny by allowing independence and collaboration of state governments as well as preventing a certain branch of government of gaining too much power. Before the United States created the constitution, patriots fought for the independence of America through…

The United States congress is made up of a bicameral legislature. The framers of the constitution were the ones who decided on this form of legislature due to the great compromise. The framers did not want to give the executive branch a massive amount of power, which would cause them to become tyrannical in their rule. However, when deciding how to form the Legislature there were some complications. On one side, the larger states suggested that every state have representatives based on the…

Both of these Historical documents were very important to our nation. Is it a coincedence that they are both similar in many ways? The Articles of Confederation was written during the war for independence and gave more power to the states than it did to the government. The main problem with the Articles was that it did not provide a strong central government. They were designed to be a monarchy, but soon showed its weaknesses and could not balance small and large states. While trying to…

how large the State was. The second principle was that there was no President (King), but rather a committee. Finally the third principle was that each State self govern themselves. The United States would remain a loose confederation. The Great Compromise satisfied both small and large states because they changed the Senate to make representation equal to all states regardless of a states population. The larger states had the House of Representatives on their…

A Look at the Making of the Constitution Articles of Confederation vs. the Constitution The Articles of Confederation was the first written constitution of the United States. However, as it has been well documented, the Articles had many inherent problems associated with it. The Articles of Confederation would require all of the states to give their approval to pass. The Articles were also very limited in the actual power the new government would have. Under the articles of confederation all…

4. If I was talking to exchange students about American Government, I would tell them that our government is a Representative Democracy. A representative democracy is when you elect representatives to vote on our behalf. We don’t vote directly on laws and policies, nut we vote for representatives to represent are best interest. That is why it is important to vote for trustworthy representatives that will vote in a way where the safety and needs of the people are met. The United…

On numerous occurrences, it was perceived that Articles of Confederation was insufficient and ineffective to wrestle the difficulties. In 1786, Shays' Rebellion arose in western Massachusetts as a dispute to escalating debt and economic disarray. However, the national government was incapable to meet a shared military force among the states to help lay down the uprising. Correspondingly, when congress decided to advance western land assimilated by US through the Paris treaty, congress…