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OC CH.4 Corey Parker
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the Magna Carta? | An English Document that limited the King's power and made him subject to law. |
| Influence/significance of the Magna Carta? | It provided inspiration for the U.S. Constitution. |
| What was Thomas Jefferson's Statue for religious Freedom? | Stated a person could not be forced to attend a particular church or be forced to pay for a certain church with tax money. |
| What did the Northwest Land Ordinance of 1787 state about slavery? | no slaves could be used on this land, slavery was banned; set the standard for future territories |
| What did the Northwest Land Ordinance of 1787 state about adding new states? | There needed to be 60,000 people in a territory for it to become a new state |
| What were the purposes of the Northwest Land Ordinance of 1787 and the Land Ordinance of 1785? | They were created to divide and distribute land to citizens. |
| How was land divided under the Land Ordinance of 1785? | Land was divided into townships , which were 36 sq. miles each in 36 lots of 640 acres each. |
| What were the major influences of the U.S. Constitution? | The Magna Carta, The English Bill of Rights,The Articles of Confederation, and The Mayflower Compact. |
| How did the Articles of Confederation reflect the ideas in the Declaration of Independance? | The Declaration of Independance still didn't want a chief executive, or excessive taxes. |
| What was the Significance of the Articles of Confederation? | It was the first document that held America together as a free country, apart from Britain. |
| What was the main cause of Shays's rebellion? | The farmers were outraged because the court systems were evicting them from their land, so the farmers wanted to close down thye courts to prevent this from happening. |
| What was the U.S. government's response to Shays's Rebellion? | They were powerless because they had no money to take out the threat, nor did they have an army to oppose the rebellion. |
| What was the American citizen's response to Shays's Rebellion? | Many citizens agreed with the farmers and supported the cause because they too belived the courts shouldn't be taking the farmer's land. |
| What was the significance of Shays's Rebellion? | It showed that the U.S. had a weak govenmental system and led to the revision of the Articles of Confederation. |
| What were the main features of the Articles of Confederation? | The Articles of Confederation covered personal rights more than anything else, and attempted to give more rights to the state government than the federal government. |
| What problems did the U.S. experience with Britain after the revolution? | After the Revolution, Britain closed many of its trading ports, including the one in the West Indes. Also, the British put high tariffs on products, so everything was expensive for America and cheap for Britain. |
| What problems did the U.S. experience with Spain after the revolution? | After the revolution, Spain closed the Mississippi, which angered farmers, but plan to negotiate was vetoed. |
| What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention? | To revise the Articles of Confederation and create a new Constitution. |
| What was the Virginia Plan? | It was a plan to form a government where it was a two house legislature that had members in the houses based on state population. |
| What was the New Jersey Plan? | It was a plan to form a one house government where every state had an equal number of votes. |
| What was the Great Compromise? | It was when they finally decided to compromise and make a two house legislature with one house based on population and one with equal votes for each state. |
| Explain the North vs. South disagreement on slavery at the contitutional convention. | The South wanted slaves to count as part of their population because of the immense amount of slaves they had, but the North thought slaves should not be counted because they are considered property. |
| What was the Three-Fifths Compromise? | It settled that slaves would count as 3/5 of one person. |
| What is Popular soverignity? | The idea that political authority belongs to the people. |
| What is Federalism? | The sharing of power between a central government and the states that make up a country. |
| What was the purpose of checks and balances in the government? | It prevents any one branch of government from becoming too powerful. |
| How did the Constitution reflect the ideas in the Declaration of Independence? | Both strongly supported individual rights of American citizens. |
| What were the delegated powers in the U.S.? | The powers the government was able to control: Declare War, Negotiate Treaties, Issue Money, Regulate Trade, and Run the U.S. Military. |
| What were the reserved powers in the U.S.? | The powers reserved for the states: Regulate education, Grant Licenses, Provide Police and Fire Protection, and Regulate sale of property within the state. |
| What were the concurrent powers in the U.S.? | The powers shared between the state and federal government: Levy taxes, Define crime and punishments, Borrow money, Determining voting qualifications. |
| What were federalists and what were their arguments for the Constitution? | People who support the Constitution; They believed the Articles of Confederation did not create a strong enough government. |
| What were antifederalists and their arguments against the Constitution. | People who were against the Constitution; They believed there shouldn't be any taxes, the Constitution granted the federal government too much power, and it took away all individual rights. |
| What were "The Federalist Papers"? | They were created to attempt to convince the citizens government would not become too powerful. |
| What was the Bill of Rights and how does it reflect the ideas in the Declaration of Independence. | The Bill of Rights added personal rights to the Constitution and its ideas were reflected in the Declaration of Independence because they were all about protecting personal rights. |
| What are the reasons the U.S. Constitution is still used today. | It talks about all people and gives out rights to everyone. Also, It is possible to change the Constitution, though it is extremely difficult. |
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