History test 8A

Question 1

What did the Articles of Confederation give to the central governments

Answer 1

The articles gave the central the power to declare war, make peace, sign treaties, borrow money, set standards for coins, establish a postal service, and deal with native american issues

Question 2

What didn’t the Articles of Confederation give to the central governments.

Answer 2

They did NOT have the power to levy taxes, regulate trade, enforce laws, and it required a unanimous vote to make any changes to the articles, and there was nobody to enforce anything, and there was no national court system to interperet the meaning of the laws

Question 3

Why did small States not want the Constitution?

Answer 3

Because the bigger states would have more representation which.

Question 4

What was the Virginia Plan?

Answer 4

James Madison and Edmund Randolph proposed the Virginia Plan, It made the three branch government that we have today.

Question 5

what is Republicanism

Answer 5

the idea that government should be based on the consent of the people

Question 6

why was there mistrust of a strong central government

Answer 6

Because some believed that you could not put that much power into the hands of “uneducated masses”.

Question 7

what was the bait and switch the Continental Convention used.

Answer 7

They said that they were rewriting the Articles of Confederation but they were really making a new Constitution for all thirteen colonies.

Question 8

What was the Land Ordinance of 1785

Answer 8

to establish a plan for surveying the land and to help end boundary disputes, making townships.

Question 9

What was the Northwest Land Ordinance 1787

Answer 9

Procedure for dividing the land into territories. Promise settlers religious freedom and banned slavery. Required public education to be provide.

Question 10

Why were the Colonies in debt.

Answer 10

because of the Revolutionary war that cost 190,000,000.

The Art of Confed couldn’t tax citizens and had to beg for money from the states.

Question 11

What was the Western Land claims

Answer 11

it happened because states couldn’t decide on who would get to control the western land.

Question 12

What main “meeting” happened in 1786

Answer 12

the Annapolis Convention

Question 13

What was the Annapolis Convention.

Answer 13

The Annapolis Convention was called to resolve interstate trade disputes.

Question 14

who wanted to make changes to the Articles of Confederation.

Answer 14

Alexander Hamilton and James Madison.

Question 15

What was Shay’s Rebellion

Answer 15

Shay’s rebellion was when 1200 farmers marched to close the courts and 4 of them were killed.

It showed that something needed to be changed.

Question 16

What was the New Jersey Plan.

Answer 16

The New Jersey plan was made by William Patterson and is said that each state would have an equal vote in Congress.

Question 17

when was the Constitutional convention

Answer 17

the summer of 1787

Question 18

how many delegates were at the Constitutional Convention

Answer 18

55 discluding Rhode Island.

Question 19

Who was the President of the Constitutional Convention.

Answer 19

G-DUBBBBBSSSSSS!!!!

Question 20

What are the Three Branches of Government.

Answer 20

Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary.
Each have different powers.
Legislative makes laws.
Executive enforces laws.
Judiciary applies laws.

They have Checks and Balances.

Question 21

What is the Great Compromise.

Answer 21

Roger Sherman created the Great Compromise which created a two-house legislature in which states had different representation.

The Senate has equal representatives. While the house is represented by population.

Question 22

What is the 3/5’s compromise

Answer 22

⅗ of slaves to count as population for representation and taxation
Gave Congress power to regulate trade—By James Wilson

Question 23

what happened in 1808

Answer 23

Slave trade ended in 1808

Question 24

When was the Constitution approved by delegates

Answer 24

september 15th 1787

Question 25

When was the constitution signed by delegates

Answer 25

september 17th 1787

but some delegates refused to sign due to lack of bill or rights.

Question 26

How many states had to ratify the constitution out of 13

Answer 26

9

Question 27

What two groups fought because of the constitution

Answer 27

Federalists and Antifederalists

Question 28

What did Anti-Feds believe

Answer 28

The current constitution weakened the power and sovereignty of the states and threatened individual liberties, led by Virginians Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, George Mason, and Edmund Randolph

Question 29

What did the Federalists believe

Answer 29

need for strong central government to support union, ensure its success
-Federalist Papers (Hamilton, Madison, Jay), 85 essays defending the new Constitution; support of newspapers

Question 30

who hesitated to sign the constitution

Answer 30

New York and Virginia

Question 31

What made the Hesitant Colonies sign the constitution

Answer 31

James Madison promised a Bill of Rights.

Question 32

What year did the Constitution get ratified

Answer 32

1789

Question 33

What year did the Bill of Rights get ratified.

Answer 33

1791

Question 34

Why did the delegates add the Electoral College?

Answer 34

they thought the common folk were to uneducated.

Question 35

what was the Electoral College

Answer 35

a group of electors chosen by the states that would cast ballots for the candidates.