SS Flashcards
-suffrage-
voting rights
- ratification-
formal approval
- tariffs-
taxes on imports and exports
- inflation-
decrease in value of money and increase in price of goods and services
- constitution-
set of principles and laws that determine the powers of a government
- creditors-
people who lend money
- federalists-
those in favor of the Constitution
- anti-federalists-
those against the Constitution
- debtors-
people who owe money
- amendments-
changes or corrections to a law or document
- commerce-
trade
- Federalism-
the balance of power between the national government and the state governments.
What was the Three- Fifths Compromise?
This resolved the issue over how a state’s slave population would count toward the number of representatives the state had in Congress. It was decided that three fifths of a state’s slaves would count toward the number of representatives.
What did Federalists want/believe?
Federalists believed in a strong central government and wanted the Constitution to be ratified.
What did anti- Federalists want/believe?
Anti-federalists believed that a strong central government would take away individual rights and freedoms and that the states would lose too much power. They also believed that there were not enough checks and balances for the federal government.
What made the Articles of Confederation ineffective?
They created a single branch federal government with limited power and no president
What were some causes of inflation?
When states began to print more paper money to help pay off debts from the Revolutionary War.
Difference between New Jersey Plan and Virginia Plan.
The NJ Plan was favored by the smaller states. It called for a one house legislature in which each state had the same number of representatives.
The VA Plan was favored by large states because it called for a two house legislature in which each state’s number of representatives would be determined by a state’s population.
People who were federalists (at least 3)
George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton
People who were Anti-Federalists (at least 3)
George Mason, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson
Why did some federalists believe a Bill of Rights was unnecessary?
Checks and balances would prevent the branches from abusing power.
What were some issues with other countries under the Articles of Confederation?
Spain- They closed off the mouth of the Mississippi River to US ships which hurt American trade.
Great Britain- Were slow to leave forts they occupied after the signing of the Treaty of Paris. They also closed ports to US ships in the West Indies.
What were the Federalist Papers? What did they say? Who wrote them?
Written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison
They were written to convince the states to ratify the Constitution
How many states needed to ratify the Constitution for it to go into effect?
Nine of the thirteen states had to ratify the Constitution
