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US History 9/6/2011
US History Notes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the role of the Article of Confederation? | They could not tax, Could not regulate trade, each state had one vote and that vote was a unanimous vote. |
| What did the Constitutional Convention Change? | the Constitution. |
| Who was the President of the Constitution? | George Washington |
| Who was the oldest person at the convention? | Ben Franklin |
| What was supposed to happen with all of the proceedings of the convention? | They were to be kept secret. |
| What is democracy? | Government by the people. |
| What is a Republic? | we elect representatives to govern over us. |
| Why do we have a limited government? | Because we have a written Constitution. |
| What is a Written Constitution? | A set of written Rules. |
| What were the federalist in charge of? | -Enumerating powers -Making Coin Money -Declare Wars -Form Military Forces -Regulate foreign & interstate Trade -Create Federal Courts |
| What are the 3 Reserved Powers? | -Education -Marriage/Divorce Laws -Regulates Intrastate Trade |
| What are the 4 Concurrent Powers? | -Powering Law Enforcement -Taxing -Borrow Money -managing infrastructure |
| what is infrastructure? | Those things a nation needs to operate and provide for its people. |
| What is public Welfare? | Wanting americans to be wealthy. |
| What is the 3/5th's compromise? | It is a compromise that will count 3 out of 5 slaves as population. |