Unit 4: Key Terms & Questions Flashcards
Repbulican Virtue
A democracy based on civic virtue. No more tyranny and citizens can elect officials.
Tyranny
Basically a bad dictatorship, which contains monarchs and old traditional ways.
Federalism
Division and sharing of power between the national and state government
Montesquieu
Wrote about how different governments should work. Small government but the need for separation of powers.
Checks & Balances
Each branch can check the other (prevent them from abusing there power). “Check that balance”. Each can limit one another and create balance.
Separation of Powers
Separate power within the government. By three branches which are legislature, Judicial, and Executive.
Branches of government
Legislature, Executive, and Judicial
Articles of Confederation
It was created by the continental after the Revolutionary War (WW2).
**Creates the US and a very wack central government (federal gov) state have way more power!
Did NOT have:
-Federal Judiciary
-No Army or Military
Pro:
-Created a way to allow states to join.
Northwest Ordiance
A system created to bring new states into the US.
State Constitutions
100,000 voters (aka.people) you can have a constitutional election in which the state will create a constitution. In which you can apply to become a state.
Excess of Democracy
Every state has its own money & the tax issue will become a very big problem.
> Free states in the North and slaved states in the south.
However all states had debt from the Revolutionary war. Alot of ordinary people were in debt. (Central gov in debt)
Shays Rebellion, Daniel Shay
Daniel Shay was one of the vets that had not gotten paid after the war. In which he gathered 2,000 farmers & burned down the courthouse. Destroy the paper records of who had debt.
Constitution
Can create new taxes (Government debt). Which starts at the House of Representatives.
1.Can create currency, in which the states can no longer do. Creating a trade mark dollar.
2.Regulate trade between state (Interstate Commerce Clause)
3.Standing army, can either fund and create military.
James Madison
So the was there for the original assingment which was to fix the AOC. But they scraped it and was secrete about it.
They wanted a strong central gov (more power than states) and they wanted to find ways to end tyranny and abusive powers.
House of Representatives (Senate)
Voting occurs every 2 years. (Population 438 members of the House of Rep)
Senate: Voting every 6 years, there are 2 senators.
Electoral college
A body of people representing the state of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president & vice president.
Three-fifths Compromise
About the census & congress. The House of Rep is based on population. Should enslaved people count in the population?
North: No they should not count!
South: Yes they should count!
They come up with 3 out of 5 slaves will count toward the population.
Fugitive Slave cause (1793)
If a slave escapes and go to the free states they must be sent back.
> Slave owners are allowed to go catch there slave. The escapy cannot fight back.
Federalist
Support the constitution (James Madison, Alexander Hamilton)-> Federalist papers.
>Seperation of powers will prevent tyranny.
>Ok, we will add the BOR
Anti-Federalist
> Do not like the Constitution. They wanted to amned the AOC
The presidentB is too powerful
A standing army is too dangerous
No bill of rights (1st 10 amendments)
Republics must be small
No religous test for office
Bill of Rights
The first 10 amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedom of speech, assembly, and worship.
Alexander Hamilton
Was one of the founding fathers of the US, who fought in the American Revolutionary War, helped draft the Constitution (Federalist), and served as the first secretary of the treasury.
