A New Naron And State Flashcards
It was too -------- to meet the needs of a new nations A- strong B- slow C-weak D- medium
C- weak
The United States was governed by what?
Articles of confederations
It became clear that there was need for a new ———- to be written which gave it unicameral-one government and each states had 1 vote and gave power to the states rather than the national government
Constitution
There was two main planed for the US constitutional convention. What were the main two groups?
The Virginia Plan and The New Jersey Plan
What did the Virginia Plan want? Who was it written by?
Written by James Madison
Wanted a government with 3 branches 1. Judicial 2. Legislative
3. Executive
It was called a bicameral national legislature with representation based on population
What did The New Jersey Plan?
Representation in congress was to be equal between all states
The Connecticut Plan or known the great compromise says?
The Virginia plan was used for the three branches of government and New Jersey Plan was used for the senate (equal =2 per state)
How did they count slaves? What was the New Compromise?
Counting slaves would benefit the states with tons of slaves but not others so they came up with the 3/5 compromise every 5 slaves equal 3 people
The constitution is the ———- —– of the land
Supreme law
The ———/—–/——— provided a writing guarantee of individual rights
Bill of rights
Strict interpretation
The belief that people should follow exactly what was stated and allowed in the constitution
Loose interpretation?
The belief that people can take whatever action they want, as long as the constitution did not specifically state you couldn’t do it
The authority for government flows from the people?
Popular sovereignty
Unalienable rights are guaranteed to all citizens in the preamble and the bill of rights
Individual rights
The federal system divides government powers between national government and the government of the states
Federalism
