note test 2 pt 2 Flashcards
North part of america
AA couldnt vote, serve on juries, testify, lived in segregated ways
Southern states take on slavery
Every time it came up in meetings they threatened to walk out
Const and slavery
Slavery is not mentioned at all in const
John Randolph
Virginia plan
let state vote by proportion of pop.
virginia=largest state
William Paterson
NJ
equal representation
Great Compromise
2 house legislature
Senate and HOR
did not satisfy everybody
July 16
Senate
Equal
HOR
Proportional
3/5th comp
5 blacks= 3 whites for rep and tax
International slave trade
1808 “IST” will be gone
fugitive slaves will be returned
Nat Turner
went on a white killing spree
61 dead
“any person held to work then flees to another state, will be handed up”
James Madison quote
“Great s the evil is, a dimembermant of union would be worse”
Office of Presidency
AH wanted pres. to serve for life
1st idea- serve 6 yrs and thats it
settled w/ 4 years and unlimited amount of reelect
Electoral College
popular and electoral vote
AH idea “people are a great beast”
Sept 17 const
39 men signed
no body satisfied but said it’ll do
Factions
federalist- const- good and will work, BF, GW, JM
Anti-federalist- Disagreed with fed, PH
Federalist Papers
JM AH JJ
insight for ppl to understand what is going on
Jefferson said “demigods”
Charles Beard 1913
economic interpretaion of us const. book
- men who wrote const were wealthy
- economic wind falls- many got wealthier
- undemocratic- ppl were not consulted
- method of ratification
Robert Brown
Ch. B and the us cons: a Reinterpretation: book
- all types of prop were affected
- no evidence that those men got wealthy
- so what to ppl that consulted?
- ppl dont care that much
GW quote about const
“it will be a miracle if the const last 20 years
1788 elections held
GW wins 69
Adams 34
