Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
38 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
What document created our first national government and gave us our first set of governing rules? |
The Articles of Confederation |
|
|
In what document did Britain agree to give the USA new land and agree we were 13 free independent states? |
Declaration of Independence |
|
|
After winning the Revolutionary War, what were the new borders of the USA? |
North of Canada and the west of Mississipi River |
|
|
Which document passed by the Confederation Congress restricted slavery in the United States? |
Land Ordinance of 1787 |
|
|
What is the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787? |
To have land organized into territories and states to all be equal |
|
|
Under the Articles of Confederation what problems did the country have the money supply? |
They didn't print much. |
|
|
Under the Articles of Confederation what problems did the country have the debt? |
Congress couldn't collect tax money, they could only suggest donations. |
|
|
Under the Articles of Confederation what could the Congress do to solve the country's debt problem? |
Change |
|
|
Who was Daniel Shays? |
He was a farmer who used to be in Washington's army that showed a rebellion of revolutionary veterans |
|
|
Why did Shay's lead a rebellion? |
He felt like the Congress aren't protecting their unalienable rights properly |
|
|
How did Shay's rebellion contribute to the calling for a meeting in Philadelphia? |
If vets, especially farmers, were starting a rebellion, it was a big problem. |
|
|
Why did the country's leaders decide that the Articles of Confederation needed amending? |
They didn't have enough power to protect and regulate the peoples rights. |
|
|
Who got to Philadelphia early for the Constitutional Convention and began to write a whole new plan of government before the first meeting? |
James Madison |
|
|
Who was elected to preside over the Constitutional Convention? |
George Washington |
|
|
What did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention do to allow them to speak freely? |
They kept their meetings a secret |
|
|
At the Constitutional Convention equal representation meant... |
That all states got the same number of votes |
|
|
At the Constitutional Convention what were the small states afraid of? |
That the bigger states would control the government |
|
|
What is the name for representation thats based on population, so that a state with twice the people get twice the representation? |
Proportional representation |
|
|
The debate over states representation in Congress was resolved by what compromise? |
Conneticut Compromise |
|
|
What did the Great Compromise say? |
Large population states controlled the taxes |
|
|
What is a tariff? |
A tax on imports |
|
|
In a debate over counting slaves for representation, what states were slave states? |
Southern states |
|
|
What did the northern manufacturing states want Congress to have the power to do? |
They wanted the Congress to have the power to pass tariffs |
|
|
Why did the northern states want a protective tariff? |
The thought the British might sell more merchandise then them and get more business |
|
|
The compromise between slavery and the protective tariff is best known for one compromise called.. |
The 3/5th Compromise |
|
|
What was the 3/5th Compromise effect? |
It made things more expensive for the south |
|
|
Why was it better for the slaves that only 3/5 of them counted towards a states population? |
In the proportional voting, they wont dedicate as much power as a whole person would |
|
|
Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts are apart of the small or large population states? |
Large |
|
|
What two groups of states compromised over how to protect their states' economies? |
small and large population states |
|
|
Why did the North let the south protect slavery even though Northerners were morally opposed to slavery? |
because for 20 years slavery was prohibited. |
|
|
In the "counting slaves" debate, what did BOTH sides get? |
Fugitive slaves were returned and were counted as 3/5s of a person. |
|
|
What is true about both the compromises on "representation in Congress" and the compromise "between slavery and the protective tariff?" |
They both got what they wanted, but with a price. |
|
|
Why did the country have to create it's own rules and form of government in 1776? |
To have it's independence from Britain |
|
|
Know the names of the 2 good law and 1 treaty passed by the Confederation Congress. Which answer below is NOT one of the 3 good laws or treaties passed by the Confederation Congress under the Articles of Confederation. |
Land Ordinance, Treaty of Paris, Articles of Confederation |
|
|
What two groups at the Convention fought each other in the debate over representation in the new government's legislature? |
The House of Representatives and Senate |
|
|
How did northerners want to count slaves? |
They didn't want them counted at all |
|
|
How did southerners want to count slaves? |
As three fifths of a person |
|
|
What did the Land Ordinance of 1787 do for individual people and families? |
It put public land into families hands. |
