Chapter 5-Creating a Constitution Flashcards
How many branches of government did the Articles of Confederation government have?
one
Articles of Confederation government could make treaties, declare war, and raise armies but could not _____
Pay for anything because it had no power to directly tax.
Articles of Confederation government could not ______ so each state started taxing their own imports.
regular commerce
Articles of Confederation government could not ____ so each state had their own currency.
Print money
Articles of Confederation government’s only success was the ____.
Northwest Ordance
the territory of the Old Northwest excluded any rights of ______ to become established there.
Slavery
Northwest Ordnance established a process where new states would _____.
be created in equality with the original states.
Who was acting as a foreign minister to France during the crisis of the Articles of Confederation government?
Thomas Jefferson
This was caused by the Massachusetts legislature raising taxes and the Confederation government having no authority to suppress it.
Shay’s Rebellion
The first attempt to revise the governmental plan was suppose to meet in ____ but not enough states sent representatives.
Annapolis, Maryland
What one state does not show for the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787?
Rhode Island
Who was elected chairman of the Constitutional Convention?
George Washington
To avoid public criticism of the Constitutional Convention, _____ was required of all delegates.
Secret negotiations
____ takes notes during the Constitutional Convention and thus is seem by many as the Father of the Constitution.
James Madison
Who signed the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and The Constitution?
Benjamin Franklin
What were the two plans presented at the Constitutional Convention?
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
This plan of government favored the large states.
Virginia Plan
This plan of government only slightly altered the Articles of Confederation to allow taxation.
New Jersey Plan
Who proposed the New Jersey plan.
Patterson
Who proposed the Virginia Plan.
Madison
List four compromises found in the new Constitution of 1787.
Federalism
Great Compromise
Three Fifths Compromise
Amendment process
This is when both state and national levels of government share powers.
Federalism
Sherman’s Connecticut Compromise established the ____ based on population and the ____ based on equal representation for each state.
House of Representative-based on population
Senate-based on two senators per state
What compromise centered on slavery.
Three Fifths Compromise
In the amendment process, _____ of Congress must pass amendments and ____ of the states must ratify them to become part of the Constitution.
2/3 of Congress
3/4 of the States
list the three branches of government and their primary responsibilities as outlined by the Constitution.
Legislative-Writes the Law
Executive-Enforces the Law
Judicial-Interprets the Law
What body makes up each branch of government?
Legislative-Congress
Executive-Office of the President
Judicial-Supreme Court
What are two checks that the Legislative Branch have on the other branches of government?
Over ride a veto
impeaches judges and president
What are two checks that the Executive Branch have on the other branches of government?
Vetoes laws
appoints judges
What are two checks that the Judaical Branch have on the other branches of government?
appointed for life and cannot be removed
rejects laws as unconstitutional
List five Federalists
George Washington James Madison John Jay James Madison Alexander Hamilton
List five Anti-Federalists
George Mason
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
Most Anti-Federalists were from what part of the country?
Western farmers
Anti-Federalists refused to accept the New Constitution of 1787 unless there was a ____.
Bill of Rights attached.
