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| Why is James Madison called the "father of the Con? " |
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| Answer: abolished the articles and didn't alter |
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| How does the CON solve the problems of the Articles of Confederation? |
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| Answer: it completely abolished it |
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| What 2 ideas did the CON try to balance? |
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Answer: power of gov and indiv. rights |
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| Rep in congress vs. dividing power among states |
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| How did Issue #1 about how to represent the states in Congress get solved? |
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the great compromise
Virginia plan- 2 houses and votes based on population
New Jersey plan- one house one vote |
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what to do with the enslaved population |
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| What were the different factions concerning Issue #2? |
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northern states wanted slaves to not be counted as taxes but not as population bcuz there weren't many of therm
southern states wanted them to be counted as population but not taxes- a lot of slaves |
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| What was the solution to Issue #2 the slavery question? |
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3/5 compromise
3/5 of the slave population would be counted when setting direct taxes on the states also would determine rep in legislature |
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slave trade
some states stopped it some didn't |
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how they elected a pres
electoral congress |
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Which had the MOST power?
state or fed |
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fed bcuz they r trying to spred the power out equally |
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Why did America fear a strong National government?
What were Americans afraid of? |
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Answer; they needed to be taken seriously and the states had too much power then the actual gov.
tyranny like brit |
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| What powers did the Legislative branch have? |
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| What powers did the Executive branch have? |
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| What powers did the Judicial branch have? |
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Describe the Confederacy's 3 big problems?
3 D's |
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debt defense disunity |
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| Why was the government unable to solve each of these problems? |
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the gov had too little power |
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| Why did the CON pass the Land Ordinance 1785? |
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survey and sell land |
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| Why did the CON pass the NW Ordinance of 1787? |
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to make rules of territory |
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| Why was the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the NW Ordinance of 1787 important to the growth of the US? |
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as the territory grew in population, it gained rights to self government |
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| List the states created by the NW Ord 1787. |
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ohio indiana michigan illinois wisconsin part of minnesota |
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| What problems led to Shay's Rebellion? |
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econ problems and high levy taxes |
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| What is historically significant about this violent protest? |
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| Answer;Leaders realized that Ppl were going to rebel if they didn't change the gov |
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| What effect did the violence of Shay's Rebellion have on the writing of the US Con? |
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made the gov look back at what they had discussed and question it |
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| What does Federalism mean? |
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Shared gov between the state and central |
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| What was an Anti-Federalist? |
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| What did a Federalist argue for? |
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To radical the con |
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| What did a Federalist argue against? |
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| Answer:giving states power |
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| What did an Anti-Federalist argue for? |
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| What did an Anti-Federalist argue against? |
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| Answer:Answer:thought there con was taking too much power away from the states and didn't guarantee rights for the people |
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| How did a Federalist publicize their views? |
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Federalists paper-newspaper |
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| How did an Anti-Federalist publicize their views? |
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Newspapers and pamphlets for ppl to oppose the con |
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| Who were the leaders of the Federalists? |
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James Madison John jay |
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| Why were the ratification debates so important? |
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| Answer: to starter a new gov |
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| Where were the ratification debates held? |
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| What is the significance of the Bill of Rights? |
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Guidelines for Americans |
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