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.
