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Constitution Three
Question | Answer |
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What two compromises were made by the delegates with regards to slavery? | Delegates agreed Congress could limit future importing of slaves, but they did not forbid slavery itself. Three-fifths compromise representation and taxation of slaves were to be based on the "# of free persons" plus 3/5 of the # of "all other persons" |
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What did the delegates decide about who could vote in national elections? | Left the issue to the states. People qualified to vote in state elections could also vote in national elections. |
What were the delegates deeply concerned about and committed to? | the American economy |
What did "virtually all" the delegates think was necessary for economic stability? | A strong national government |
As a result (What did "virtually all" the delegates think was necessary for economic stability?), what did they seek to do? | Strengthen the economic powers and the scope of the new national government. |
What institution was to be the chief economic policymaker? | Congress |
using table 2.4, provide five specific economic powers of this (What institution was to be the chief economic policymaker?) | Levying taxes, paying debts, borrowing money, coining money and regulating its value, and regulating interstate and foreign commerce. |
"In sum," what was this (What institution was to be the chief economic policymaker?) institution to do? | Create the conditions within which markets could flourish. |
What were two economic powers granted to Congress in the Constitution which were denied under the Articles? | Levying taxes, regulating commerce |
What were three economic powers which the Constitution specifically denied to the states? | Coining money or issuing paper money, taxing imports or exports from abroad or from other states, and passing laws impairing the obligations of contract. |
What did the Constitution guarantee each state? | "a republican form of government" to prevent a recurrence of Shays' Rebellion. |