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What are the Articles of the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781
Confederation? (replaced by the US Constitution in 1789)
1) Confederate congress was the only national branch
of government and it served a limited function as
coordinator between the states
What were the
2) States were the all powerful sovereigns within their
weaknesses of the Articles
own borders
of Confederation?
3) No federal executive
4) No federal judiciary
Confederal system:
-two separate units
-lower units were supreme
What are the differences
-national government was the advisory
between the federal and
the confederal
Federal system:
governmental system?
-stronger national government
-grants power in certain ways to control national
policies and states follow
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1) Alexander Hamilton wanted to build a truly national
economy
What were the factors 2) States engaged in economic war between each
impacting movement other at times
toward development of
the US Constitution at the 3) Lack of enforceable coordination of policy
Philadelphia Convention?
4) Great recession "Panic of 1785":
--- states were too individually weak,
--- business' wanted to have free trade
1) preamble
What is the basic structure
2) articles
of the Constitution?
3) amendments
Article I: Legislative
Article II: Executive
What is the subject matter Article III: Judicial
of the 7 articles in the
constitution? Article IV: Federalism and interstate relations
Article V: Amendments
Article VI: Religious tests
What is the difference Articles = original
between Articles and Amendments = "alterations"
Amendments?
What are checks and The process by which each branch of government
balances? restrains the power of another branch
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1. Create the federal government
What are the 3 principle
2. Allocates regulatory powers between fed and
functions of the
states
Constitution?
3. limits the role of government
Form of gov divided between federal gov and state
gov
What is federalism? --- national government responsible for broader
--- governance of larger areas, states govern the
local issues.
What is separation of Each branch of gov charged with performing certain
powers? functions
Senate - Approves treaties
What is the legislative
House of Representatives - Bills that impact taxation
branch? (Article #?
arise
Responsibilities?)
Article 1
Powers associated with presidency to enforce the
laws
What is the executive
Approves acts of congress, appoints federal judges,
branch? (Article #?
commander-in-chief of the military, primary architect
Responsibilities?)
of foreign affairs policy
Article 2
Power to adjudicate disputes to the Supreme Court
What is the judicial Federal judiciary- federal courts can hear
branch? (Article #? controversies that arise under the constitution, federal
Responsibilities?) laws, treaties of the US
Article 3
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