unit 1 exam

Question 1

issues with the articles of confederation

Answer 1

• required unanimous consent for adoption
• limited gov power- cant tax, not nat currency, tariff on interstate trade
• weak nat gov; no gov army

Question 2

constitutional convention

Answer 2

• sep 1786 - may 1787
• large vs small states - debating over representation
• nation vs state - how new gov function
• north vs south - slavery (3/5 compromise)
• made electoral college
• included bill of rights to satisfy antifed

Question 3

concerns of antifed

Answer 3

• excessive power of nat gov bc less state power
• though failed to protect individual rights

Question 4

Virginia plan

Answer 4

outline gov w 3 branches

Question 5

new jersey plan

Answer 5

limit each state to 1 vote in congress like in aoc

Question 6

Connecticut compromise

Answer 6

• made bicameral leg
• house of rep = population
• senate = same amount in each state

Question 7

legislative branch

Answer 7

• bicameral
  senate - 100 seats
  house of rep - 435 seats
• can impeach, undo veto, convict and determine guilty

Question 8

executive branch

Answer 8

• 1 person (president)
  veto
  -appoint judges

Question 9

judicial branch

Answer 9

• 9 justices(life term)
  deem things unconstitutional

Question 10

madison v marbury

Answer 10

est judicial review
- power to strike down laws that deemed unconsitutional

Question 11

mcculloh v maryland

Answer 11

fed gov can est national bank
- states cant tax the nat gov

Question 12

gibbons v ogden

Answer 12

congress has power reg commerce btwn states
- fed law above state law

Question 13

sweatt v painter

Answer 13

• challenged “seperate but equal”
• allow black students apply to graduate and professional programs

Question 14

brown vs board of education

Answer 14

• separating children in school based on race was unconstitutional

Question 15

hernandez vs texas

Answer 15

• extend equal protection of 14 amendment to all non whites
• Latinos as separate class

Question 16

texas political culture

Answer 16

• conservative; limit role of gov in tax, econ, social

Question 17

19th amendment

Answer 17

allowed women to vote

Question 18

marital property act

Answer 18

allow women same right to insurance, banking, real estate, child custody and property rights

Question 19

east texas

Answer 19

old south, rural and biracial, fundamental Protestantism

Question 20

the gulf coast

Answer 20

petrochemical center

Question 21

boom based in houston

Answer 21

generation wealth, captial of headquarters

Question 22

south texas

Answer 22

ranchero culture, rio grande valley

Question 23

far west texas

Answer 23

bicultural, nafta, texas border

Question 24

north texas

Answer 24

dominated by dfw metroplex
economically diverse