Foundations of the us Flashcards
What is the name of the first constitution?
Articles of confederation
Why did our founding fathers establish a week central government under the articles of confederation?which government entity was given those power?
So one wouldn’t gain all the power
What was the northwest ordinance? What did outlaw?
It was a plan to organize the north east territory. Slavery will be outlawed.
Name two weaknesses of the articles of confederation
No national currency, and no court system
What was the importance of Shays rebellion in Massachusetts?
The national government is weak and the state government is too strong.
Why did delegates first meet in Philadelphia? What did they come out of this meeting with?
Revising the articles of confederation. they come out with a new constitution
Which types of states did the Virginia plan best represent
It represented large populated state
Which types of states did the New Jersey play represent?
It represented the small populated states
What did the great compromise accomplish?
Two house, legislator, house of representatives and house of senate
What are the branches of government? What is this also known as?
Consecutive judicial legislative. Judicial determines if laws are legal and legislative creates laws.
Why are there checks and balances?
To ensure that one branch will not become too powerful
What was the 3/5 compromise and slave trade compromise
3/5 of slaves are going to be counted as population for representation in Congress slave trade has an end date
What does we the people in the Premable to the constitution mean?
The people hold the power
What type of new government was established by the US Constitution
Representative democracy
Where must all taxing or spending bills first start?
In the house because they had more representatives
