SS test 12/01/2022 Flashcards
What best describes the United States economy after the war for independence?
Reconstruction
The first document written to govern the new United States was
The Articles of Confederation
What type of government did they choose?
Republic
What did the Land Ordinance of 1785 do?
Divided land into 6 mile squares
What were the terms of the Northwest Ordinance?
- 60,000 pop. =state
- Slavery outlawed
- River open for all
- Trial by jury
How did the Northwest Ordinance affect the United States through the years?
Orderly growth
Why did Shays Rebellion occur?
Levy high taxes
Explain one of the reasons for the Constitutional Convention.
Severe economic troubles
Who served as president of the Constitutional Convention?
George Washington
The Virginia Plan called for a government to be divided into 3 parts. These would be?
Legislative, executive, and judicial
Large states favored which plan?
Virginia plan
Small states favored which plan?
New Jersey plan
What did the Great Compromise do?
Combined ideas from both plans
What did the Three-Fifths Compromise do?
That each slave was counted as 3/5 of a person
What was the concept of Federalism?
In favor of constitution
Which group felt a federal government would be tyranny?
Anti-feds
What were the reasons for the Federalist Papers?
Urge New Yorkers to ratify
The first two political parties in the United States were?
Anti-federalists and federalists
How were the Federalists able to get states to ratify the Constitution?
To add a bill of rights
The section of the Constitution that explains what the United States government can NOT do to its citizens can be found in?
The bill of rights
- Federalists or Anti-federalists?:
Wanted one person to head the executive branch (president).
Favored dividing powers between three branches of government.
Wanted important powers to remain with the states.
Included members such as John Jay and Alexander Hamilton.
Feared one person having too much power.
Favored the immediate ratification of the Constitution.
Federalists
What does the 1st Amendment guarantee?
freedom of
1. speech
2. press
3. religion
4. Assembly
What does the 3rd Amendment guarantee?
No quartering of troops
What does the 4th Amendment guarantee?
No search or seizure without warrant
What does the 5th Amendment guarantee?
The right to remain silent
What does the 6th Amendment guarantee?
Right to a public trial
What does the 7th Amendment guarantee?
Right to a Trial by jury
Included members such as Thomas Jefferson and George Mason.
Wanted a national government more powerful than state governments.
Wanted a Bill of Rights added to the Constitution.
Did not trust a strong national government.
Anti-feds
What does the 2nd Amendment guarantee?
Right to bear arms
What does the 8th Amendment guarantee?
Right not to have excessive punishment
What does the 9th Amendment guarantee?
Rights of the people
