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Articles of Confederation/Constitutional Convention Review Game

Articles of Confederation/Constitutional Convention Review Game. Under the Articles of Confederation, if the National Government wanted _____ or _____ it had to petition the state governments for it. . Soldiers, money .

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Articles of Confederation/Constitutional Convention Review Game

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  1. Articles of Confederation/Constitutional Convention Review Game

  2. Under the Articles of Confederation, if the National Government wanted _____ or _____ it had to petition the state governments for it. • Soldiers, money

  3. The _______ supported a strong National Government and met in 1786 in the city of ______ • Nationalists, Annapolis

  4. What is a bill • A proposed law

  5. What compromise was reached concerning slaves and representation in government? • 3/5ths compromise-3/5ths of a states’ slave population would count towards their population when determining representation in the national government

  6. This nation did not let the U.S. use the Mississippi River after the Revolutionary War • Spain

  7. The Virginia plan would have created a _____ legislature while the New Jersey plan would have created a _____ legislature. • Bicameral, Unicameral

  8. True or False: Agricultural states supported giving Congress the power to tax imports. • False: did not support

  9. This branch of government dominated the national and state governments in the 1780s • Legislature

  10. What problem did the farmers of Western Massachusetts have in the 1780s • They were in debt

  11. What did Daniel Shays and many of his followers do in 1786 all over Western Massachusetts? • Closed down the courts

  12. Who controlled the Massachusetts legislature in 1786? • Creditors, wealthy merchants

  13. Federalists or Antifederalist? Why? • “If the number of representative [in the national government] is too small, the position will be too competitive. Ordinary people will not attempt to run for office.” • Anti-Federalist, worried about ordinary people not getting elected to the national government

  14. What is the execute branch responsible for doing? • Enforcing the law

  15. How many states were required to ratify the new constitution? • 9 out of the 13

  16. How did states ratify the constitution? • Conventions

  17. True or False: After the Revolutionary War most Americans wanted power to be held by the National government • False: State

  18. Describe the slave trade compromise • Congress cannot pass a law interfering with the slave trade until 1808

  19. Describe the compromise on tariffs • Congress can tax imports but not exports

  20. Why didn’t the delegates at the Constitution abolish slavery? • The Southern states’ delegates would have walked out of the convention

  21. What was the Great Compromise • Bicameral Legislature • One is based on population • In the other every state has equal representation

  22. What are the names of the two bodies of the legislature in the new constitution and how is representation determined? • House of Representation-population • Senate-equal

  23. Explain how a bill becomes a law under the Constitution of 1787 • House and Senate vote to approve a bill and the President signs it

  24. John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, all wrote essays that supported the new constitution called the… • Federalist Papers

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