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social studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What problems did the United States experience with Spain and Great Britain? | Britain would not hand land over to the U.S that was valuable and fur-trade routes. |
| What are some possible results of the growing problems between the United States and Great Britain? Why? | trade problems, war debts, weak economy. |
| What diffculties were involved with interstate commerce? | the confederation congress had no power to regulate interstate commerce. as a result, trade laws differed from state to state. Made it difficult for merchants who businesses crossed state lines. |
| What was the cause of infation in the new nation, and how could it have been prevented? | to ease hardship, they could of prevented it by not having revolutionary war. |
| How did Massachusetts’s tax policy affect farmers? | they put heavy tax on land owners |
| Defend the actions of Daniel Shays and the other rebels. | he was doing what he thought was right and was standing up for himself and other citizens |
| Recall Why did Madison and Hamilton call for a Constitutional Convention? | to revise the articles of confederation to better meet the needs of the nation |
| How did Shays’s Rebellion lead to a call for change in the United States? | delegates wanted to improve the Articles of Confederation |
| people who signed the consitution | Roger sherman, Alexander Hamilton, Ben Franklin, James Madision, George Washington, James Wilsion |
| Virginia plan | Gave more power to national government, Bicameral legislature, Number in both houses based on population |
| New Jersey Plan | Gave more power to state governments, Unicameral legislature, Number of representatives equal from each state |
| Great Compromise | Bicameral legislature, Number of representatives based on state populations in lower house, Number of representatives equal from each state in upper house parts of the Virginia and parts of the New Jersey plan that create the Great Compromise |
| Constitution Strengths | most power held by national government three branches of government legislative branch has many powers executive branch led by president judicial branch to review the laws firm system of checks and balances |
| Constitution Weaknesses | most power held by states • one branch of government • legislative branch has few powers • no executive branch • no judicial system • no system of checks and balances |
| Why did the Confederation Congress call for a Constitutional Convention? | delegates wanted to improve the Articles of Confederation |
| Why do you thnink it was important, that most delegates had served in state legislatures? | because they would be more educated in knowing how to improve it for the best. |
| What was the Great Compromise | House of Representatives based on population, Senate with 2 representatives |
| How did state issues lead to debate over structure of the central government? | States had problems with the government and how to run their state so they knew they had to change the central government |
| What was the debate between North and South over counting slave populations | south wanted to count slaves, but north didnt. so they came up with the 3/5's compromise. |
| How did delegates' views differ on the issue of the foreign slave trade? | some think that slavery was wrong and wanted banned and others thought that the southern economies need them |
| Why did the framers of the Constitution create a system of checks and balances? | to keep any one branch of government from becoming too powerful |
| Did the Constitution resolve the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation? | For the most part, the delegates knew it wasn't a perfect document |
| Antifederalist | A person who is against the new Constitution during ratification debate of 1787. |
| federalists | Supporters of the Constitution that were led by Alexander Hamilton and John Adams. They wanted to be a strong country . They didn't want the Bill of Rights because they felt citizens' rights were already well protected by the Constitution. |
| Who were the Federalists and the Antifederalists? | Federalists approved of the constitution + the Antifederalists apposed the constitution. |
| What was the main argument of the Antifederalists against the Constitution? | they didn't like how there wasn't a section with "individual rights" in the constitution and thought they didn't need a new government and there was too much power in the central government |
| Do you agree with the Antifederalists or the Federalists? | federalists |
| When did the Constitution go into effect? | June 1788 |
| Why was it important that all 13 states ratify the Constitution? | to establish and preserve national unity. |
| Do you think that the Federalist Papers played an essential role in the ratification of the Constitution? | yes they convinced the people/states to ratify the constitution |
| Why did Congress add the Bill of Rights? | several states needed there to be individual rights to ratify it: bill of rights did that |
| From where did legislators' ideas for the Bill of Rights come? | from the state ratifying conventions, the Virginia Declaration of Rights, the English Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence. |
| Do you think the process for amending the Constitution is too difficult? | yes, thats very very complicated but it did a lot for our country |
| The Articles of Confederation | * first government of United States * weak Union of states * weaknesses led to Shays's Rebellion |
| The constitution | * Framework of todays's government *Strengthened national government *Three branches * checks and balances |
| Bill Of Rights | * first 10 amendments * ensures basic rights |
| Federlist papers | A collection of 85 articles written by Alexander Hamlton, John Jay and James Madison under the name "Publis" to defend the constitution in detail |
| magna Carta | the royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215 |
| suffrage | a legal right guarantee by the 15th amendment to the Us constitution |
| ratification | making something validly formally ratifying or confirming it |
| james Madison | father of the constitution; leading federalist; author of the Bill of Rights |
| 3/5 compromise | The compromise said that slaves count both as 3/5 of a person when counting population for representatives and for taxation. This was based on saying that a slave worked only 3/5 as well as a free worker |
| Checks and balances | A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power |
| amendments | changes to the constitution |
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