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1. Powers under the Articles of Confederation: 1. Could exchange Ambassadors
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2. Make treaties with foreign governments and Indian Tribes
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3. Declare War h
4. Borrow Money h
5. Settle disputes among States h h h
2. Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation: no power to tax, P h h h h h h h h h h
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no money to buy ships
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no money pay soldiers
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no national judiciary
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3. New Jersey Plan: William Patersonh h h h h
Three Branches of Governmenth h h
The states had the power Every
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state had one vote h h h
one chamber legislature, unicameral
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Supremacy clause "Law of the Land" h h h h h
4. Virginia Plan: James Madison h h h h
Three Branches of government T
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House: elected by the people Senate:h h h h h h
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ed on population
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Could tax, regulate trade, veto down state laws, create an army
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5. The Great Compromises: 1. combined the two ideas from the Virginia Plan and th
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e New Jersey plan.
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2. The 3/5 slavery ruling h h h
3. Slave owners could reclaim their slaves in states where they had fled.
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4. Slaves could only be freed if they were born in the US and was over the age of 28
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6. Articles of Confederation with a Congress: 1. representation based on the p
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opulation
2. the the weak national government and a strong states
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7. Federalists: supporters of the Constitution h h h h
8. Anti-Federalists: people who opposed the Constitution h h h h h
9. Federalist Paper #10: Written by James Madison to convince people to support th
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e ratification of the constitution. Argued that factions were inevitable but were best co
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ntrolled by a large republic that employed a Federalist structure. Argued that competiti
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on among factions would limit their negative impacts.
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10. Federalist Paper # 51: •Written by James Madison h h h h h h h
• Defines the relationship among the three branches of government as independent.
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• To stay independent, no branch should have total power to choose members of the ot
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• By creating a bicameral legislature, it protects the people from legislative tyranny
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• Explains that each branch of government should be selected in different ways
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11. What was a major difference between the Articles of Confederation and the C
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onstitution?: The Articles of Confederation did not provide for a national judiciary.
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12. Why did the framers design the government under the Articles of Confed-
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heration with a Congress?: They wanted a government based on the representation of
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hthe population.
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13. implied powers: Powers not specifically mentioned in the constitution
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14. Examples of implied powers: Establishing a national bank, creating the IRS, e
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stablishing a military draft, raising the min wage
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15. enumerated powers: The powers explicitly given to Congress in the Constitu- h h h h h h h h h h
htion.
16. Examples of enumerated powers: -declare war & raise army & navyh h h h h h h h h h
-create rules on how to become citizen
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-regulate trade b/t states & countries h h h h h
-coin $ h
-protect patents & copyrights h h h
-create lower federal courts
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-est. post offices h h
17. inherent powers: is the power that congress and the president need in order to ge
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t the job done
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18. Examples of inherent powers: Regulating immigration, acquiring territory, g
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ranting diplomatic recognition to other states
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19. concurrent powers: Powers held jointly by the national and state governments.
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20. examples of concurrent power: Impose Taxes, Borrow Money, Establish Lower C
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21. expressed powers: powers directly stated in the constitution h h h h h h h
22. examples of expressed powers: make treaties, coin money, declare war, grant c
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opyrights and patents h h
23. reserved powers: powers that the Constitution does not give to the national g
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overnment that are kept by the states h h h h h h
24. examples of reserved powers: - police power - h h h h h h h
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- Criminal justice, use of public land and water, marriage/divorce
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- education, roads, welfare h h
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