Founding Fathers: A healthy Constitution, Compromises of the Constitution, Analyzing the Features of the Articles of Confederation
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| 317607290 | Where was the issue of slavery debated? | Constitutional Convention | |
| 317607291 | Was the issue of slavery ever really resolved? | No | |
| 317607292 | What conflict does the issue of slavery lead to in our country's history? | Civil War | |
| 317607293 | What does it mean to ratify something? | sign or give formal consent to | |
| 317607294 | What does it mean to adjudicate something? | Make a formal judgment about a problem | |
| 317607295 | How old do you have to be to be President of the U.S.? | 35 | |
| 317607296 | Which Founding Father opposed the constitution? | Patrick Henry | |
| 317607297 | What is the Virginia Plan? | a national government consisting of three branches with checks and balances to prevent the abuse of power | |
| 317607298 | Who made the Virginia plan? | James Madison | |
| 317607299 | Who proposed the Virginia plan? | Edmund Randolph | |
| 317607300 | When was the Virginia plan proposed? | May 29, 1787 | |
| 317607301 | What serves as a cheat sheet or in depth explanation of the Constitution? | Preamble | |
| 317607302 | What are the compromises of the Constitution? | The great compromise, 3/5 compromise, slave trade compromise | |
| 317607303 | What was the great compromise? | House of Representatives based on population, Senate with 2 representatives | |
| 317607304 | What was the 3/5 compromise? | slaves counted as 3/5 a person | |
| 317607305 | What was the slave trade compromise? | Congress could ban the slave trade after 1808 | |
| 317607306 | When could congress ban slave trade? | 1808 | |
| 317628815 | Who was the father of the Constitution? | James Madison | |
| 317628816 | Slaves were counted as what fraction? | 3/5 | |
| 317628817 | How many representatives does the senate have? | 2 | |
| 317628818 | What is a federalist? | A person for the Constitution | |
| 317628819 | What are articles of confederation? | a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states. Power was limited | |
| 317628820 | When were the articles of confederation created? | 1777 | |
| 317628821 | When were the articles of confederation ratified? | 1781 | |
| 318838340 | What is an anti-federalist? | Someone against the Constitution | |
| 318838341 | What did Patrick Henry pressure the constitutional convention to do? | Put in a Bill of Rights | |
| 318838342 | If you were a big state during the Constitutional Convention you tended to want what kind of representation in Congress? | Representation based on population | |
| 318838343 | If you were a small state during the Constitutional Convention you tended to want what kind of representation in Congress? | Equal number of representatives | |
| 318838344 | If these two founding fathers had not become friends it is possible the Constitution may never have been written. Who are they? | Jefferson and Madison | |
| 318838345 | What is representation? | speaking on behalf of someone | |
| 318838346 | What is Anarchy? | total absence of rule or government, disorder | |
| 318838347 | How was it proven in modern times that Jefferson may have fathered several children by one of his slaves? | A unique chromosome, DNA testing | |
| 318838348 | Why did the Articles of Confederation not give Congress the power to tax? | Afraid congress would abuse power, as it was during British rule | |
| 319764038 | After the dust from the Revolution settled, what problems were the founding fathers faced with? | Needed a government, in debt | |
| 319764039 | What is a statesman? | Politician | |
| 319764040 | What was the main cause the articles of confederation failed? | Lacked a central government | |
| 319764041 | Under the Articles of Confederation, how many states had to agree to change a law? | All of them | |
| 319764042 | The Articles of Confederation could not ________ states. | Tax | |
| 319764043 | The Articles could not tax states they could only _________. | Ask for money | |
| 319764044 | What was the basic provision of the Virginia plan? | Based the constitution not on states but on people as a whole. | |
| 319764045 | The Virginia plan was basically a _______ for the government. | blueprint | |
| 319764046 | How did the relation between Jefferson and Madison benefit the United States? | Jefferson taught, influenced, and promoted Madison. Continued legacy of founding fathers | |
| 319764047 | How did Madison come prepared for the Constitutional convention? | He came 11 days early with the Virginia plan | |
| 319764048 | What was a key point argued at the Constitutional Convention? | States rights against the federation government | |
| 319764049 | What was a major argument when considering laws for the new government? | Freedom V. Protection | |
| 319764050 | Who rallied against the Constitution? | Patrick Henry | |
| 319764051 | Why was Patrick Henry against the constitution? | Felt government threatened the right of the people | |
| 319764052 | What did Patrick Henry want included in the new government? | Bill Of Rights | |
| 319764053 | What was the basic belief of an Anti-federalist? | Freedom as an individual | |
| 319764054 | Was was the basic belief of a Federalist? | We can't function without a central government | |
| 319764055 | What was the role of the Federalist Papers in ratifying the Constitution? | Outline to Constitution, gives clear basis on every aspect | |
| 319764056 | What were the Federalist Papers? | essays written to convince readers to adopt the new constitution | |
| 319764057 | What is the lasting impact of the Founding Fathers? | Our life and how we are living it | |
| 319764058 | What is a monarchy? | King | |
| 319764059 | What is the crucible of the constitution? | Preamble | |
| 319764060 | What is an Oligarchy? | Group of military leaders | |
| 319764061 | What is dictatorship? | Tyrant | |
| 319764062 | What is a democracy? | Everyone is the leader | |
| 319764063 | What is a republic? | Elected officials | |
| 319764064 | The USA has what type of government? | Republic |
