Unit 3: The End of the Beginning -- Articles to Constitution Flashcards
What were the Articles of Confederation?
The US national government from 1781 to 1789
What were the men who represented their states called?
Representatives Delegates
The name of the event that made Americans be like Wow The Articles suck. We need a new Constitution was the __________________ Rebellion
Shays
What were the two MAIN questions those making the Constitution had to answer?
How many votes will each state get? Should we count slaves as citizens?
The N_____ J______ Plan suggested that each state only get 1 vote
New Jersey
The V________ Plan suggested that each state get as many votes as the people who lived in that state
Virginia
The C________ compromise suggested that we have an upper House of the Senate where votes are equal like the New Jersey Plan and a lower House of Representatives where votes are based on population like the Virginia Plan
Connecticut
What is a legislature?
A group of people that make laws
What is politics?
How humans make collective decisions
What is the economy?
The art of making the most out of life
What is the basic assumption of economics?
That everyone will try to make themselves the most well off as possible
What were the Federalist Papers?
A series of 85 articles of pro Constitution propaganda for the New York Newspapers written from 1787 to 1788
What is the Constitution?
The Rulebook for how the US makes decisions the highest law in the US since 1789
What is the executive branch?
The one who executes and enforces the laws
What is the judicial branch?
A system of judges who interpret the laws Their word is the final say on how a law is interpreted
Who is James Madison?
Considered the Father of the Constitution
Who wrote the Federalist Papers?
Alexander Hamilton 51 James Madison 29 John Jay 5
Under what fake name were the Federalist Papers written?
Publius the names of those who wrote the Federalist Papers was actually a secret
What was the 35 or the Pennsylvania Compromise?
A compromise so that 3 slaves out of 5 counted for BOTH national taxes and national representation
What is judicial review?
Where actions by the President or Congress are reviewed by the Supreme Court Actions considered unconstitutional are considered to be null and void
Who was the President of the Constitutional Convention?
George Washington
What was the Bill of Rights?
The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution guaranteeing a series of basic rights a compromise to get the Anti Federalists to agree to the Constitution
Federalist
Someone who supports the new Constitution
Anti-Federalist
Someone who is against the new Constitution
Ratify
To approve
Taxation
monies citizens have to pay to help the government run
Bicameral
A legislature with two houses
unicameral
a legislature which consists of one house.
Constitutional Convention
The meeting of state delegates in 1787 in Philadelphia called to revise the Articles of Confederation. It instead designed a new plan of government, the US Constitution.
