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Main idea behind the New Jersey Plan
give states with large and small population the same representation
Why did the Articles of Condederation Fail
Had no power to tax
Allowed state governement to veto national laws
had no president or judicial branches
Power of president to veto proposed laws written by Congress is an example of…
checks and balances
As a check on the power of the supreme court the senate has the power to
confirm justices on the supreme court
presidents use to change how laws are implemented by the exuvtive branch
excutive order
the ‘story of the US Constitution’, what is the correct sequence of events in the story?
(i) Development of Social Contract Theory > (ii) Declaration of Independence > (iii) Articles of Confederation > (iv) Constitutional Convention > (v) Federalist Papers written
main idea behind New Jersey Plan
give states with large and small population the same representation
Why did the Articles of Confederation fail
allowed state governments to veto national laws
it had no power to tax
had no president or judicial branch
power of the president to veto a law written by Congress is an example of
checks and balances
as a check on the power of supreme court, the senate has the power to
confirm justices on the supreme court
president uses to change how laws are implemeted by executive branch
executive order
whos approves executive order
president and forgien leader who are envovled in agreeement
which presidental power its virutally unchecked
power to pardone people convicted of a federal crime
collect taxes, eminment domain, borrow money and building infastructure are examples of what kind or power
concurrent powers
the number of presidential electors for each state is
equal to the sum of state reprenstives and senators
