Unit 1 2017-18 (Google Slides) Flashcards
STUDY-
Primary Document analysis Northwest ordinance (Slide 10)
Exerpt from The Articles of Confederation (Slide 12)
Whose job is it (Slide 14)
(True or false)
The Articles of Confederation created a President to lead the country.
False
(True or false)
States were still independent under the Articles.
True
(True or false)
The Articles were easy to change.
False, it were posible to change but it was very complicated
(True or false)
Under the Articles of Confederation, the more people a state had, the more votes it got in Congress.
false
(True or false)
The Congress created by the Articles did not have the power to collect taxes.
true
(True or false)
Under the Articles, states had to obey the laws Congress passed.
false
(True or false)
The Articles of Confederation created the first American government.
true
(True or false)
Some people were afraid states might lose their independence if the government was stronger.
true
(True or false)
The states all got along with each other.
false
(True or false)
The government created by the Articles of Confederation had everything under control among the states.
false
Judicial Branch Job
- Decides what a law means
- Can declaire laws unconstitutional
Executive Branch Job
- Enforces the laws
- Includes the president, vice president, and the cabinet
- Makes treaties with other countries
- selected by the electoral college
- Appoints Supreme court justices, federal judges, ambassadors and cabinet members
- Makes a state of the Union address each year
Legislative banch jobs
- Prints money
- Declaires war
- Divided into the House and Senate
- Punishes Pirates
- selected by popular vote
- Approves presidential appointment
- Collect taxes
