Flashcards in 7th - Social Studies 4.1-4.3 SG Deck (39)
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Each State sent how many delegates so each state had how many votes
One .... One
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Name the five powers that Congress has
Operator post office,
coin money,
appointment military officers
power to declare war,
responsible for foreign affairs and can sign peace treaties
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To strengths of the articles of Confederation
-Northwest ordinance
-they represented an effective compromise
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Name the three powers the Congress did not have
-They could not regulate trade
-they had no power in taxes
(Limited power but states had to approve)
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Name 4 weaknesses of articles of confederation
They couldn't pay their taxes,
federal government had limited power, no central government,
they couldn't pay their debt
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Why did Marilyn one Virginia and the other states to ceed land west of the Appalachian Mountains
They were afraid that they would become more powerful
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What year did the articles of Confederation going to affect
1777
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Which two states claimed Vermont
New Hampshire
New York
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Which two European nations cause trouble for the Americans
Britain and Spain
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What did the ordinance of 1785 do
A system for settling in the Northwest
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What was the system for organizing the territory
Vigilance,
divided into townships 36 mi.²
Each township was divided into one square-mile sections
Public schools
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What did the Northwest ordinance do
Survey the land,
divided it in sections, outlawed slavery,
created process to admit new states into nations
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With the Northwest ordinance establish new states or make the territories part of the old states
As new states
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Which states were created from the Northwest territory
Michigan
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Wisconsin
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What is the depression
Business activity slows, prices and wages fall, and unemployment rises
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After Shays rebellion what did leaders are several states to
To revise articles of Confederation
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Name three founding fathers at the Constitutional convention
George Washington,
Alexander Hamilton,
James Madison
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Who is called the father of the Constitution and why
James Madison because he was shy but best prepare delegate he has done his research for months with Keen intelligence and his ideas about how to structure a democratic government strongly influence the other delegates
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Why did they keep the talks secret
To speak their minds freely without pressure from the outside
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Who worked out a compromise between the Virginia plan and the New Jersey plan
Roger Sherman
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What are the two houses of Congress
House of Representatives and Senate
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What determines plan become known as
The Great Compromise
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What problem did the 3/5 compromise address
Whether or not to enslave African-Americans would be counted in the states population
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Another disagreement over slavery concern the ban on the
Slave trade
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It was decided that slave trade would not be banned for ______years
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When was the Constitution ready to be signed
September 17, 1787
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What three delegates refused to sign
Edmund Randolph
George Mason
Eldridge Jerry
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What ancient Republic was admired by Americans
Greek and most especially Rome
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What to English documents influence the
The Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
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