WGU C963 OA American Politics and US Constitution

WGU C963 OA American Politics and US Constitution WGU C963 OA American Politics and US Constitution 1. Powers under the Articles of Confederation: 1. Could exchange Ambassadors 2. Make treaties with foreign governments and Indian Tribes 3. Declare War 4. Borrow Money 5. Settle disputes among States 2. Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation: no power to tax, President lacked power, no money to buy ships no money pay soldiers no national judiciary 3. New Jersey Plan: William Paterson Three Branches of Government The states had the power Every state had one vote one chamber legislature, unicameral Supremacy clause "Law of the Land" 4. Virginia Plan: James Madison Three Branches of government Two-chamber in a legislative Bicameral legislature: House: elected by the people Senate: appointed by the legislature Votes based on population Could tax, regulate trade, veto down state laws, create an army 5. The Great Compromises: 1. combined the two ideas from theVirginia Plan and WGU C963 OA American Politics and US Constitution 2 / 7 the New Jersey plan. 2. The 3/5 slavery ruling 3. Slave owners could reclaim their slaves in states where they had fled. 4. Slaves could only be freed if they were born in the US and was over the age of 28 6. Articles of Confederation with a Congress: 1. representation based on the population 2. the the weak national government and a strong states 7. Federalists: supporters of the Constitution 8. Anti-Federalists: people who opposed the Constitution