AMERICAN HERITAGE EXAM 2 BYU UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Weaknesses of Articles of Confederation
Answer:
Individual states were sovereign, No executive, No power to enforce conflicts
between states, No power to tax, No common currency, exchange disputes, Not
binding if passed, No judiciary to resolve disputes, State wars (Penn-Con), Conflict
between state laws, State trade problems, States made own international treaties,
states were played off each other
Question:
2. Strenghts of Articles of Confederation
Answer:
Experience gained helped in the creation of the Constitution, States acted as
experimental labs, Led nation through the Revolutionary War, Ended disputes
over western lands, Was a product of the people
Question:
3. Virginia Plan
Answer:
"Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional
representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger
states and thus prompted smaller states to come back with their own plan for
apportioning representation.
Question:
4. New Jersey Plan
Answer:
Small state plan. A constitutional proposal that would have given each state one
vote in a new congress
, Question:
5. The Great compromise
Answer:
1787; This compromise was between the large and small states of the colonies. The
Great Compromise resolved that there would be representation by population in
the House of Representatives, and equal representation would exist in the Senate.
Each state, regardless of size, would have 2 senators. All tax bills and revenues
would originate in the House. This compromise combined the needs of both large
and small states and formed a fair and sensible resolution to their problems.
Question:
6. Compromise on Slavery
Answer:
1. Slave trade could not be abolished for 20 years
2. Slaves counted as 3/5 of a person for taxation and representation
3. Fugitive slaves were to be returned to their owners
Question:
7. Three Structural devices
Answer:
Bicameral Legislature, Indirect Election, Enumeration of powers
Question:
8. Checks and Balances
Answer:
A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other
branches in order to prevent abuse of power
Question:
9. Articles of Confederation
Answer:
A document outlining the alliance of American colonies as a group of sovereign
equal states for which the Continental congress acted as a weak central
government
Question:
10. auxiliary precautions
Answer:
structures built into government to check the concentration of power in any single
person or group, seen by the founders as a supplement to virtue. Madison
discusses auxiliary precautions in Federalist 51
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Weaknesses of Articles of Confederation
Answer:
Individual states were sovereign, No executive, No power to enforce conflicts
between states, No power to tax, No common currency, exchange disputes, Not
binding if passed, No judiciary to resolve disputes, State wars (Penn-Con), Conflict
between state laws, State trade problems, States made own international treaties,
states were played off each other
Question:
2. Strenghts of Articles of Confederation
Answer:
Experience gained helped in the creation of the Constitution, States acted as
experimental labs, Led nation through the Revolutionary War, Ended disputes
over western lands, Was a product of the people
Question:
3. Virginia Plan
Answer:
"Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional
representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger
states and thus prompted smaller states to come back with their own plan for
apportioning representation.
Question:
4. New Jersey Plan
Answer:
Small state plan. A constitutional proposal that would have given each state one
vote in a new congress
, Question:
5. The Great compromise
Answer:
1787; This compromise was between the large and small states of the colonies. The
Great Compromise resolved that there would be representation by population in
the House of Representatives, and equal representation would exist in the Senate.
Each state, regardless of size, would have 2 senators. All tax bills and revenues
would originate in the House. This compromise combined the needs of both large
and small states and formed a fair and sensible resolution to their problems.
Question:
6. Compromise on Slavery
Answer:
1. Slave trade could not be abolished for 20 years
2. Slaves counted as 3/5 of a person for taxation and representation
3. Fugitive slaves were to be returned to their owners
Question:
7. Three Structural devices
Answer:
Bicameral Legislature, Indirect Election, Enumeration of powers
Question:
8. Checks and Balances
Answer:
A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other
branches in order to prevent abuse of power
Question:
9. Articles of Confederation
Answer:
A document outlining the alliance of American colonies as a group of sovereign
equal states for which the Continental congress acted as a weak central
government
Question:
10. auxiliary precautions
Answer:
structures built into government to check the concentration of power in any single
person or group, seen by the founders as a supplement to virtue. Madison
discusses auxiliary precautions in Federalist 51
