WGU C963 OA (Latest 2023 - 2024)
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- Powers under the Articles of Confederation
Answer:
- Could exchange Ambas- sadors
- Make treaties with foreign governments and Indian Tribes
- Declare War
- Borrow Money
- Settle disputes among States
- Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
Answer: no power to tax, President lacked power, no money to buy ships no
money pay soldiers no national judiciary
- New Jersey Plan
Answer: William Paterson
Three Branches of Government The states had the power Every state had one vote one chamber legislature, unicameral Supremacy clause "Law of the Land"
- Virginia Plan
Answer: James Madison Three Branches of government
Two-chamber in a legislative Bicameral legislature:
House: elected by the people Senate: appointed by the legislature Votes based on population Could tax, regulate trade, veto down state laws, create an army
- The Great Compromises 1 / 2
Answer:
- combined the two ideas from the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan.
- The 3/5 slavery ruling
- Slave owners could reclaim their slaves in states where they had fled.
- Slaves could only be freed if they were born in the US and was over the age
of 28
- Articles of Confederation with a Congress
Answer:
- representation based on the population
- the the weak national government and a strong states
- Federalists
Answer: supporters of the Constitution
- Anti-Federalists
Answer: people who opposed the Constitution
- Federalist Paper #10
Answer: Written by James Madison to convince people to support the ratification
of the constitution. Argued that factions were inevitable but were best controlled by a large republic that employed a Federalist structure. Argued that competition among factions would limit their negative impacts.
- Federalist Paper # 51
Answer: •Written by James Madison
• Defines the relationship among the three branches of government as indepen- dent.• To stay independent, no branch should have total power to choose members of the other branches • By creating a bicameral legislature, it protects the people from legislative tyranny • Explains that each branch of government should be selected in different ways
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