Module 7 (chapter 8) Flashcards
(10 cards)
At the Constitutional Convention, the compromise over representation stipulated that two representatives to the upper house of Congress would be ______.
appointed by each state legislature
Anti-Federalists feared rule by ______.
a new aristocracy
New state constitutions based their form of government on ______.
existing colonial governments
The idea of separation of powers was crucial in crafting the Constitution. What powers were separated?
the executive, judicial, and legislative
What agreement did Southern states secure regarding the issue of congressional representation?
Enslaved people would count as three-fifths of a free person in population counts.
Shays’s Rebellion in 1786 revealed the ______.
weakness of the Confederation’s reliance on state governments
From the republican point of view in 1776, the most urgent problem confronting any government was how to restrict ______ power.
executive
Which of the following could the U.S. Federal Government NOT do under the Articles of Confederation?
Raise Troops
correct: maybe? All of the Above
Raise Taxes
Pass laws
American revolutionaries insisted on written state constitutions in order to ______.
prevent the government from exceeding its authority
Which of the following were adopted as part of the compromise on the issue of representation?
Representation in the lower house of Congress was to be allocated according to population.
States would be equally represented in the upper house of Congress.
