History 703 Flashcards
What is a primary source?
A primary source was written by someone who was alive at that time.
What is a secondary source?
A secondary source was written by someone who was not alive at that time.
What are 3 examples of a secondary source?
Secondary = textbook, book based on the past, biography websites.
What are 3 examples of a primary source?
Primary = Historic document, newspaper, map, diary, autobiography.
Explain at least two strengths and two weaknesses of a Primary Source
2 strengths for a primary source are they are closer in time to the events they write about, and are in a better position to know what actually happened. 2 weaknesses are incomplete and have little context. Also eyewitness accounts, may be too close to the subject, lacking a critical distance.
Explain at least two strengths and two weaknesses of a Secondary Source
2 strengths are secondary data provides a time-efficient and easy to obtain source of information for your project by saving the time and cost required of conducting the research yourself. 2 weaknesses are that they are hard to find, access, or use due to their rarity, fragility, or restricted access. And they can be incomplete, inconsistent, or inaccurate due to gaps, errors, contradictions, or distortions.
What were the Articles of Confederation?
The United States first government system.
How many votes did each state receive in the national government established by the Articles of Confederation?
1 vote
What were the two main accomplishments of the Congress of the Confederation?
a. Explain each of these ordinances (or laws).
The Land ordinance- how we got money + t laid out the process by which lands west of the Appalachian Mountains were to be surveyed and sold.
Northwest ordinance- what we based our government after +chartered a government for the Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory.
What were the two main accomplishments of the Congress of the Confederation?
Why was each of these laws important? (Why do they affect us today?)
1 they chartered the first U.S. bank; and 2 it called for the seizure of Native land through measures like the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.The Land ordinance was how we got money and taught us how to tax
The Northwestern ordinance we modeled our first government after
Why was the Congress of the Confederation weak? Give two reasons.
Couldn’t tax exempt on tax so they couldn’t get money for the government .
Had a ton of domestic problems couldnt make allies with many countries meant they couldn’t trade as much
With which countries did the Congress of the Confederation have problems?
England- wouldn’t trade also kept soldiers in the northwestern territory which was good for trade
- Spain- wouldn’t let them use new Orleans port so that they could trade
What was the nature of the problems with each of these countries? (Spain and England)
Spain stayed catholic as England became protestant
Than America got their own country and England was mad
What was Shays Rebellion and include why it happened and how it ended.
It was a rebellion made by farmers because state taxes were too high and it ended with the constitution being rewritten.
How did what Shays Rebellion including why it happened and how it ended. Affect the Constitutional Convention?
It changed the whole constitution.
What was the original purpose of the delegates who arrived in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787? What did they do instead?
to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation. They edited the articles of confederation
How many delegates from how many states were there in Philadelphia?
55
What was the Virginia Plan?
Each states number of representatives in the government is based on population + a strong national government with three branches, or parts. A legislative branch would make laws. An executive branch would carry out, or execute, the laws. A judicial branch, or system of courts, would apply and interpret the laws.
Who proposed the Virginia plan?
Edmund Randolp
What was the New Jersey plan?
New Jersey Plan represented the less populated states and wanted each state in the nation to have an equal amount of representatives in government
