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OC chapter 4 LH p.4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1) The Magna Carta | A document signed by king John in 1215, made the king subject to law. It limited the power of the monarch and king. |
| 2) Influence of the Magna Carta on the Constitution | It kept the king or queen from passing new taxes or changing laws without Parliaments consent. |
| 3) Thomas Jeffersons Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom | Document declared that no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be requird to pay for a church with tax. |
| 4) Northwest Ordinance of 1787:slavery | Banned slavery but slavery continued to be a controversial issue |
| 5) Northwest Ordinance of 1787: adding new states | When the population of a territory reached 60,000 people, its settlers could draft a constitution and ask to join the union. |
| 6) Purpose of the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1785 | Set up a system of surveying and dividing western lands by spliting it into townships (36 square miles into 36 lots and 640 acres each) |
| 7) How land was divdied under the Land Ordinance of 1785 | It was a system of organizing new land.(36 square miles into 36 lots and 640 acres each) |
| 8) Major Influences on the US Constitution | The Mayflower Compact (1620) -Colonial Assemblies -Virginia Statue for religious freedom (1786) -Magna Carta (1215) -English Bill of Rights (1689) -The Enlightenment |
| 9) How the articles of Confederatino reflected the ideas in the Decleration of Independence | They did not want citizens rights to be taken away. Fear of central government. |
| 10) Significance of the Articles of Confederation | because they focused on citizens rights,they did not have a strong military. |
| 11) Main cause of Shay's Rebellion | to prevent the state from seizing farms |
| 12) US governments response to Shays Rebellion | state government ordered the farmers to stop revolt. forces were defeated by state troops in 1787. 14 leaders were sent to death. State soon freed most rebels. |
| 13) American citizens response to Shays Rebellion | Many citizens agreed with the Rebel. |
| 14) Significance of Shays Rebellion | Shays rebellion showed weakness on confederation government led some of americas to admit the articles of confederation. Failed to protect the ideas of Liberty. |
| 15) Main features of the Articles of Confederation | no chief executive. No national court system. Changes had to be approved by all 13 states |
| 15 continued. | laws needed approval by nine of the states. congress did not have power to tax, but they could borrow money from the states. No power to draft army, request states to send men for military. no power to collect state debts. no power to settle disputes |
| 17) Problems with spain after the revolution | Spain officals closed lower mississippi river to all us shipping. |
| 18) Purpose of the Constituional Convention | to improve the articles of confederation |
| 19) Virginia Plan | Brought by Edmund Randolph. Proposed three branches of government: the executive, the legislative, the judicial. Large states would have more representation in congress. written by James Maddison. |
| 20) New Jersey Plan | Brought by William Patterson. Propesed every state recieve 1 vote in the legislature. Unicameral Legislature. (1 house) |
| 21) Great Compromise | Presented by Roger Sherman. Representation in the House of Representatives would be based on population. Bicameral Legislature. Each state would get same number of senators in the senate. |
| 22) North vs. South disagreement over slavery at the Constitutional Convention | south depended on the export of agriculture products north wanted to abolish slavery |
| 16) Problems with Britain after the Revolution | the closed all ports to american ships. |
| 23) Three-Fifths Compromise | congress was not allowed to tax export goods of any state. slave pop. would be counted as 3/5 of a person when determining a states population for representation. |
| 24)Popular sovereignty | means that political authority belongs to the people. |
| 25) Federalism | the sharing of power between a central government and the states that make up a country |
| 26) Purpose of checks and balances in the government | 3 branches of government share power through a system called "checks and balances" |
| 27) How the Constitution reflected the ideas in the Decleration of Independence | Constitution did not have a section that guarenteed individual rights |
| 28) Power of national government(delegated powers) | delegated to it by the constitution declare war negociate treaties issues regulate trade run military |
| 29) Power of the state government (reserved powers) | regulate education grant licenses provide police and fire protection regulate sale of property in the state |
| 30) Shared powers between national and state government (concurrent powers) | levy taxes define crimes and punishment determine voting qualificatons borrow money |
| 31) Federalists | were people who were for the constution believed the constitution offered a good balance of power |
| 32) Antifederalists | were people who were against the new constitution because they were worried that stong central government would take away their rights |
| 33) Federalist Papers | a series of essays supporting the constitution tried to reassure americans that the new federal government would not overpower the states |
| 34) Bill of Rights | document that limited the power of the monarchy passed in 1689: declared the supremarcy of Parliament |
| 35) Reasons the US constitution is still in use more than 200 years later | the flexibilty allowed it to do this these 10 amendments set a clear example on how to amend the constitution to fit nees in changing motion. |
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