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The Articles of Confederation and the Constitutional Convention
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Articles of Confederation
What was the first constitution of the United States?
1,2
Virginia Plan
This is referred to as the Large State Plan.
1,3
The Constitution
What is the supreme law of the land?
1,4
Legislative branch
What branch of government makes the laws?
2,1
It could only ask for the money?
Under the Articles, how did the central gov’t
collect taxes from the states?
2,2
New Jersey Plan
What was the small state plan called?
2,3
Checks and balances.
Describe the system where three branches
of gov’t work together to guard against
abuses from each other.
2,4
What is it called when the Government’s power is divided
between the states and central government.
Federalism.
3,1
The states
Who had all or most of the power under the Articles?
3,2
Slaves would be counted as 3/5sof a person when counting a state’s population.
What was the 3/5s compromise?
3,3
Powers reserved to the states.
What are reserved powers?
3,4
If a state law and a federal law conflict,
the federal law wins.
What is the supremacy clause?
4,1
Shay’s Rebellion.
This rebellion showed Americans that the Articles had many faults.
4,2
Two house legislature, one filled by population
and the other filled equally
Describe the great compromise.
4,3
The government can create laws that are necessary and proper
that may not be specificallyPermitted in the constitution
What is the elastic clause?
4,4
Powers only belonging to the central government.
What are delegated powers?
5,1
Create a simple system for setting up state boundries
What was the Northwest Ordinance designed to do?
5,2
James Madison
Who is the author of the Constitution?
5,3
What are concurrent powers?
Powers shared by the states and the central government?
5,4
Under the new Constitution, what was supposed to happen
with fugitive (runaway) slaves?
They must be returned to the people who claimed to own them.