Shay's Rebellion ,Great Compromise, Articles, etc

Lakukan tugas rumah & ujian kamu dengan baik sekarang menggunakan Quizwiz!

Why was the government too weak to deal with the nation's problems?

Americans feared giving too much power to national government

People who were opposed to the Constitution were called

Antifederalists

The first plan for governing the United States

Articles of Confederation

This was America's first Constitution

Articles of Confederation

Why did the founding fathers create the electoral college?

Because the delegates feared giving the people too much power and letting them choose a president directly

The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called the

Bill of Rights

He was a vet who lost his farm due to high taxes

Daniel Shay

In 1787, a group of Massachusetts farmers revolted against the state. Who were the protesters led by?

Daniel Shays

How did the procedure of the electoral college that the founding fathers created work?

Each state chooses a group of electors equal to the number of senators and representatives each state had

People who supported the Constitution were called

Federalists

How did the Federalists and Antifederalists feel about the Constitution?

Federalists supported it, Antifederalists opposed it

The __ feared mob rule, so they called for a stronger government that could raise an army and enforce laws

Founding Fathers

He and the Founding Fathers created a federalist form of government for the United States

George Washington

he was elected president of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia

George Washington

Compromise made by the Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other hosue

Great Compromise

The compromise that solved the problem of how states would be represented in Congress

Great Compromise

Who offered the Virginia Plan?

James Madison

What are three branches of government and what is the main duty of each?

Legislative- makes the laws Executive- executes the laws Judicial- interprets the laws

plan that called for giving each state equal representation no matter the site

New Jersey Plan

The _ organized the land west of the Appalachian Mountains into territories

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Who developed the Great Compromise?

Robert Sherman

Delegate who developed the Great Compromise

Roger Sherman

An anti tax protest by farmers

Shay's Rebellion

An incident where armed protesters clashed with the state militia and four farmers were killed.

Shay's Rebellion

Anti-tax protest by farmers

Shay's rebellion

a series of essays defending the Constitution

The Federalist

Why did Shay's Rebellion prompt a call for a stronger central government?

The citizens were going out of control without a strong government

How did the smaller states feel about the Virginia Plan?

They did not like it and they supported the New Jersey Plan

Compromise that allowed states to count three fifths of their slaves as part of the population

Three-Fifths Compromise

proposed that a state's representation be based on the size of its popoulation

Virginia Plan

Means to change

amend

A formal change to the Constitution

amendment

How did the Great Compromise satisfy both small and large states?

because each state would get a fair amount of power and representation

A state of disorder or confusion

chaos

A system to prevent one branch of government from getting too much power

checks and balances

powers given to separate branches of government to keep any one from getting too much power

checks and balances

a group of selected to elect the president, in which each state's number of electors is equal to the number of its senators end representatives in Congress

electoral college

To make sure a law or order is obeyed

enforce

To leave out or reject

exclude

The division of power between the federal and state governments

federalism

What are three rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights?

freedom of religion, speech, and the press

to prevent or delay the progress of

hinder

What three issues did the Continental Congress have to address?

how much representation each state would receive, how the states and federal government would share power, and how to govern the land west of the Appalachian Mountains

able to affect other people of events

influential

For what reason did the delegates create a system of checks and balances within the federal government?

it assured that no one branch would become too powerful

How did the Great Compromise settle the debate at the Constitutional Convention over representation in Congress?

it called for a House of Representatives and a Senate. The house representatives are based on the population of the state and each state gets two Senators

What were three weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation ?

it did little to unify the country, there was a lack of balance of political power, and all states had to agree to amend it for it to go into effect.

How does the Bill of Rights help ensure that the central government does not become too strong?

it granted specific rights to the people

What was Shay's Rebellion and what effect did it have on the Nation?

it was when a group of Massachusetts farmers revolted against the state. It called for a stronger government.

The branch of government that interprets the laws and the Constitution is the

judicial branch

the branch of government that interprets the laws and the contitution

judicial branch

Branch of government that makes the laws

legislative branch

the branch of government that makes laws

legislative branch

a group of citizens who receive military training and who are called in emergencies

militia

What were the problems under the Articles? (6 problems)

no chief executive, no federal courts, Congress could not raise an army, it took all 13 states to ratify an amendment, could not tax states, every state had 1 vote regardless of size

Official approval

ratification

means official approval

ratification

A government in which the people elect representatives to govern

republic

George Washington supported the establishment of a

stronger central government

to find out the measurements and boundaries of an area by measuring angles and distances

survey

What were the protesters and Daniel Shays accusing the government of?

taxing them too much

areas of land that are owned and governed by the United States but that are not states

territories

How was the debate over the nation's slave population settled?

the 3/5 compromise. three fifths of the slaves count as part of the population

Called for a legislature with two houses- a house of representatives and a senate.

the Great Compromise

What was the debate at the Constitutional Convention over representation in Congress?

the debate was about if a state's representation should be based on the size of its population

How was power divided in the new Constitution?

there were certain powers reserved to the government but the states also had different powers

Why did Antifederalists oppose the Constitution?

they were worried that the government would abuse power and not be able to handle the power on their own

What was the debate over the nation's slave population?

whether or not the slaves should count in the state's population count


Set pelajaran terkait

Chapter 24 Inquizitive - Dr. Parrott

View Set

Nutrition Quizzes up until Midterm

View Set

Business Communications- Chapter 1

View Set

Chapter 17: Program Design for Resistance Training

View Set

Chapter 10: Friendships in Our Lives

View Set

22. Implementing Network Services

View Set

Focus On Minimizing Your Risk for Diabetes

View Set

N144 EAQ Set - Women's Health/Disorders and Childbearing Health Promotion

View Set