2/23 Test Flashcards
“Established a weak central government and strong state governments”
Articles of Confederation
“Created a federal system that divided powers between the national government and state governments”
U.S. Constitution
“‘a firm league of friendship’ in which each state retained its ‘sovereignty, freedom and independence’”
Articles of Confederation
”’ the supreme law of the land’”
U.S. Constitution
- conduct foreign affairs
- maintain armed forces,
- borrow money
- issue currency
Articles of Confederation’s congress could..
Articles of Confederation was run by
a congressional comittee
How many states needed to approve something for it to pass?
9
——————– was a series of violent attacks on courthouses and other government properties in Massachusetts that began in 1786 and led to a full-blown military confrontation in 1787. The rebels were mostly ex-Revolutionary War soldiers-turned farmers who opposed state economic policies causing poverty and property foreclosures.
Shays’ Rebellion
Shays’ rebellion happened because
The farmers who fought in the Revolutionary War had received little compensation, and by the 1780s many were struggling to make ends meet.
“At the same time, ______________ residents were expected to pay higher taxes than they had ever paid to the British in order to assure that Governor James Bowdoin’s business associates would receive a good return on their investments.”
Massachusetts
“When 60,000 settlers resided in a territory, they could draft a constitution and petition for full statehood. The ordinance provided for civil liberties and public education within the new territories, but did not allow slavery.”
NW ordinance
“When _________ settlers resided in a territory, they could draft a constitution and petition for full statehood. The ordinance provided for civil liberties and public education within the new territories, but did not allow slavery.”
60,000
“The big meeting held in order to change the Articles of Confederation
Where: Philadelphia
When: September 1786
Key People: George Washington James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Ben Franklin, William Patterson”
The Continental Congress
The ⅗’s compromise was created for determining _______ for slaves.
taxation and representation
the system in which each branch of government has a check on the other two branches so that no one branch becomes too powerful
Checks and balances
Makes laws
Congress (composed of the House of Representatives and the Senate)
Representation in the House is proportional to the state population
Representation in the Senate is two senators per state
Congress collects taxes, coins money, regulates trade, can declare war, or can “raise support and armies”
Legislative Branch
Court system Supreme Court (hears cases involved with the constitution, laws that were approved and passed by Congress, and state disputes)
Judicial Branch
Headed by the president to carry out the laws and policies of the nation
The President is in charge of carrying out the nations laws and policies
Executive branch
