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History
Experiments in early Government in US
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who wrote the Articles of Confederation? | John Dickinson - 1777 |
| What was the first written plan of government (constitution) for the national government of the United States? | The Articles of Confederation |
| When were the Articles of Confederation in effect? | 1781-1788 |
| What did the Articles of Confereation provide for the Americans? | Weak National Government with strong State Government. Created a government with limited power. |
| What powers were granted(strengths) by the Articles of Confederation? | Congress could raise armies, declare war and sign treaties. |
| What powers were withheld(weaknesses) by the Articles of Confederation? | Congress could not raise through taxes, regulate trade and collect tariffs. |
| Who was known as the father of the US Constitution? | James Madison |
| Who served as the President of the Convention? | George Washington |
| Where was the Constitutional Convention held? | Independence Hall, Philidelphia, PA. May- September 1787 |
| What caused the nation's leaders to call for a meeting (convention) to "revise" the Articles of Confederation? | The weaknesses of the national government |
| How man delegates(men) represented 12 of the 13 states? | 55 |
| What state was not represented at the Constitutional Convention? | Rhode Island |
| What are the three branches of government? | Legislative, Executive, Judicial |
| Who is the Legislative Branch? | Congress - Makes the Laws |
| Who is the Executive Branch? | President - Enforces the Laws |
| Who is the Judicial Branch? | Federal Courts - Interprets the Laws |
| First Federal Constituition of the United States? | The Articles of Confederation |
| What was the Virginia Plan? | Large state plan of government that included three branches of government and bicameral legislature. |
| What was the New Jersey Plan? | Small state plan of government that included three branches of government and a unicameral legislature. |
| What is the Great Comprimse? | Plan created that included parts of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan. |
| What is Bicameral Legislature? | Senate and House of Representatives ( 2 houses of Congress) |
| What is the Three-Fifths Compromise? | 3 out of every 5 slaves would be counted as part of states population in order to determine number of representatives in House of Reps. |
| What is the purpose of the meeting(Constitutionan Convention)? | To resolve the conflicts between the states and create the United States Constitution |
| The Virginia Plan vs. The New Jersey Plan results in what? | The Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise) the branches represented. |
| What is the Land Ordinance of 1785? | Standardized system whereby settlers could purchase title to farmland in the undeveloped west. Led to the Homestead Act in 1862. |
| What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787? | Provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory. |
| What is a constitution? | A written plan of government |
| What is a bill of rights? | Lists of freedoms that a government promises to protect |
| What was the first national constitution called? | Articiles of Confederation |
| What are 3 weaknesses of the first national government? | One vote in congress, congress could not tax, had to ask states for money |
| What two branches of government were not part of the Articles on Confederation? | Executive and Judicial Branches |
| How did the Northwest Ordinance provide for the growth of the United States? | Set up a government for territory lands |
| What would be outlawed in the new western lands according to the Northwest Ordinance? | Slavery |
| What information did state constitutions include? | Citizen rights and power limits on government |
| Laws must be approved by 9 of the 13 states is a weakness of what? | National Govenment of the Articles of Confederation |
| Establishing a system for surveying the western land and dividing it into townships is? | The Land Ordinance of 1785 |
| What ordinance did Congress create that established a government policy for the creation of future territories in the new northwest? | The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
| Which part of Great Compromise did both the large state and small state agreee on in their plans of government? | A three branch government |
| What debate at the Convention almost broke up the convention? | The Virginia Plan vs. The New Jersey Plan |
| Parts of the Great Compromise are? | Three branches of government, bicameral legislature(two Houses). How of Representatives and Senate |
| The Constitutional Convention of 1787 resulted in what? | The creation of the United States Constitution |
| Why was the United States Constitution created? | Because the Artiles of Confederation were weak |
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