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| Articles of Confederation |
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| The Articles of Confederation was an agreement between all 13 states that the United Staes of America was a confederation and served as the constitution for the new country. |
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| What was wrong with the articles of the confederation that led to its ratifcation? |
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| there was no federal executive officer listedk, no federal judicial branch; treaties,tariffs, and coining money were not listed as exclusive powers to Congress so the states could do what they pleased and Congress had no taxing power; there had to be a unanimous vote to change them which was virtually impossible; each law had to be approved by every state |
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| when were the articles of the confderation ratified? what eventually replaced them? |
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| march 1781; replaced by the US constitution on 1789 |
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| What was Shay's Rebellion? |
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| when a group of New England farmers were angry because they had not been paid for their service in the revolutionary war; Daniel Shays led an attack in Massachusetts where many men were killed/wounded |
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| What did Shay's Rebellion illustrate? |
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| the national government under the Articles of the Confederation was powerless when it comes to raising money or paying soldiers because each law had to be approved by every single state; this showed that the government was weak which led to the creation of the US constitution |
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| Describe the Great Compromise. |
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| The great compromise was discovered by roger sherman. There were arguments going around about how many representatives each state would be allowed to have in the constitutional convention. The Virginia Plan (favored by the larger states) said that the number of representatives should be determined by the state's population. On the other hand, the New Jersey plan said that the number of representatives should be the same for each state. Roger Sherman proposed a two house legislature consisting of the senate and the house of representatives. The Senate would have an equal number of representatives from each state. The House of Reps would have one representative for every 30,000 people. |
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| What did the three fifths compromise say? |
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| three fifth compromise said that a slave would count as three fifths of a person when it comes to distribution of taxes and appointment of members in the House of reps |
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| What are the Bill of Rights? Why were they created? |
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| first ten amendments of the constitution; thirteen states would not agree to the new consitution unless there was a list of rights |
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| What is the electoral college? HOw is it chosen? how many are there? |
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| the electoral college consists of the electors appointed by each state who formally elect the President and VP of the USA. There are 538 electors in each presidential election; each states legislature decides how its electors are chosen |
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| What are civil liberties? examples? |
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| civil rights and freedoms that provide and individual specific rights; freedom of speech, right to bear arms, freedom from forced labor |
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| What does the elastic clause say? |
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| it gives congress the avility to make any law they want to that is "necessary and proper"; the creation of national bank was referred to as necessary and proper so therefore it was created |
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| What was the executive powers clause? |
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| says that the president shall take care that laws be faithfully executed; check example |
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| What does the Commerce Clause say? why is it debatable? |
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| congress has the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among several states, and with the indian tribes |
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| Why is the commerce clause debatable? |
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| the commerce-clause says that the congress can regular power to trade between states; when congress declared that alcohol is illegal the states were very confused becaused they wanted to continue their alcohol sales and they were not aware of anywhere in the constiution that said anything about illegalizing things so congress responded by saying they have "the power to regulate trade between states" |
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| What does the national supremacy clause say? |
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| the national supremacy clause basically says that the national law is more important than the state laws; something that contradicts this law would be the legalization of marijuana; marijuana has been legalized in colorado but it is illegal in the USA so it does not make sense that colorado has the right to legalize it according to the national supremacy clause |
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| Thomas Jefferson was the first president to grow ____. |
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| What US state is mispelled in the constitution? |
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| HOw many times does the word democracy appear in the constitution? |
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| Who has the authority to declare war? |
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| Who has the authority to levy taxes? |
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| relation of states to each other |
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| Amending the constitution |
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| ratifying the constitution |
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| HOw many of the 13 states needed to approve it in order to ratify the constitution? |
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| right to remain silent, protection fromd double jeopardy |
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| freedoms of speech, religion, press, etc. |
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| right to a fair trial, confront witnesses, speedy trial |
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| protection from unreasonable search and seizure |
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| Al gore's chief of staff: ____. |
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| former us secretary of state who was sent to supervise the florida recount for al gore |
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| key strategist for Gore and democratic party political consultant who specializes in "get out the vote operations" |
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| former secretary of state, treasury and chief of staff to reagan and bush sr. ; chief legal advisor to geroge bush and oversaw the recount |
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| counsel to the republican national committee |
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| co-chair of bush's florida election efforts; secretary of state of flirda; current house representative |
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| recount came out in ____. |
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| What are the exclusive powers of congress? |
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| congress is the only branch with the power to raise taxes, regulate commerce, declare war,coin money,establish post offices and maintain a military. |
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| how does Congress benefit from the elastic clause? |
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| the elastic clause gives it the power to pass laws that relate to any of its exclusive powers |
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| what are the checking powers of the congress? |
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| the power to impeach the president or to control the government budget which therefore gives them power in executive offices |
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| What are the exclusive powers of the president? |
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| state of the union address, extraordinary convening congress, comander in chief of armed forces, receive foreign diplomats, issue pardons |
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| What are the checking powers of the president? |
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| he can veto any legislation passed by congress, though his veto can be overturned by a majority vote in congress; the presdient also has the power to appoint justices to the supreme court |
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| What are the steps in proposing an amendment? |
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| 2/3 of both houses of congress vote to propose and amendment or 2//3 of the state legislatures ask congress to call a national convention to propose amendments |
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| What are the steps to ratify an amendment? |
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| 3/4 of state legislatures approve it or ratifying conventions in 3/4 of the states approve it, which has only been used for the 21st amendment |
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| How long does Congress allow to ratify an amendment? |
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| how many senators and house members are there in the electoral college? |
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| 100 senators, 438 house members |
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| Why did the Framers fear a direct election of the president? |
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| framers feared that a direct election of the president was seen as too democratic, and they did not want the people to have too much power because they thought that some people's votes were unreliable |
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| What are two problems with the electoral college? |
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| it's possible to win the election by winning eleven states and disregarding the rest of the country with the influence of the electoral college; its also possible to win the elctoral collegeand the presidency without winning the popular vote as portrayed in the movie Recount which describes the bush-gore election of 2000 |
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