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Ch 5 history
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When was the Articles of Confederation passed? | November 1777 |
| What were the flaws of the Article of Confederation? | Weak central government, no checks and balances-only a legislative branch, did not grant Congress the authority to tax or regulate trade |
| Why was the land West of the Appalachian Mountains sold? | to raise money for finances |
| What is The Land Ordinance of 1785? | When the land West of the Appalachian Mountains was broken into Townships 6 miles square and each township divided into 36 sections of one mile each. |
| What was passed 2 years later to make a way to govern this new land and territory? | The Northwest Ordinance |
| The Northwest Ordinance created a new territory north of the Ohio River and east of the MS River and would eventually be divided into 3-5 states. What states were eventually included? | Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois |
| In the Northwest Ordinance, congress chose what? | a governor, secretary, and 3 judges for the territory |
| What were the guaranteed rights of the citizens living in the territory? | Freedom of religion, property rights, right to a trial by jury, and outlawed slavery in the territory |
| The Northwest Ordinance established a precedence for statehood which meant what? | 5,000 adult males meant they could elect their own legislature, 60,000 adult males meant they could apply for statehood |
| Why was trade difficult early after the end of the war? | Britain was blocking trade with US and called for each state to trade their own state goods with Britain or any of the colonies Britain controlled. |
| What is an example of the difficulty of trying to trade after the war? | A ship from NC could not carry goods from Maryland |
| How did the US overcome this difficulty? | By negotiating separate trade treaties with other countries, |
| While these state trade agreements allowed America to prosper, what was considered a failure on it's part? | it also made for a very competitive market as each state was completing against other states for better trade agreements |
| Because of a weak Articles of Confederation what was each state left on their own to negotiate? | with Britain and to pay debt for loyalist property. |
| When did the disagreement with Spain over boundary lines near the state of Georgia come to a head? | when Spain refused American farmers from using the Mississippi River to transport goods for trade |
| In 1785, 7 states began to issue paper money that was not backed by gold or silver. Once the country entered a recession what became of this money? | It became worth less |
| Who was hit the hardest during the recession? | Farmers |
| What law did Rhode Island pass to help with the problem with paper money? | that it was illegal not for merchants to accept paper money |
| Who are Nationalist? | people who supported a strong central government |
| Who were some prominent nationalist? | George Washington, John Adams, Ben Franklin, James Maidson, Alexander Hamilton, and financier of war-Robert Morris |
| The Virginia Plan | divide the legislature into two houses. Representatives based on population. The angered the smaller states as larger states would have an advantage |
| The New Jersey Plan | modified the articles of Confederation, congress would have 1 house split equally among the states |
| What did both the Virginia Plan and New Jersey plan have in common? | they both called for a stronger central government who could raise taxes and regulate trade. |
| The Connecticut Compromise was also called what? | the Great Compromise. |
| Who proposed the Connecticut/Great Compromise? | Roger Sherman |
| What did the 3/5ths compromise do? | it would count each slave as 3/5ths of a person when it came to representation |
| Popular sovereignty | "rule by the people" rather than a direct democracy we have elected representatives who speak on our behalf |
| Federalism | the Constitution created a system that divided government power between the federal and state governments |
| three branches of government | executive, legislative, and judicial branches |
| federalists | supporters of the Constitution, |
| anti-federalist | did not support the Constitution |
| who were some well-known anti-federalists? | John Hancock, Patrick Henry, and George Clinton |
| Why did many people reject the Constitution? | because it did not include a Bill of Rights |
| who were the federalist led by? | James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay. |
| Who were the first states to ratify the Constitution? | Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Georgia |
| By July 1788 all states had voted for ratification except which two? | North Carolina and Rhode Island |
| Who was the only chief executive to be unanimously elected? | George Washington |
| Who was voted Vice President with 34 votes? | John Adams |
| Where was the inaugural ceremony performed? | on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street |
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