WGU C963 OA ACTUAL EXAM NEWEST VERSION COMPPLETE
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1. Could exchange Ambassadors
2. Make treaties with foreign governments and Indian Tribes
Powers under the Articles of 3. Declare War
Confederation 4. Borrow Money
5. Settle disputes among States
no power to tax,
President lacked
Weaknesses of the Articles of
power, no
Confederation
money to buy
ships no money
pay soldiers no
national
judiciary
William Paterson
Three Branches of
Government The
New Jersey Plan
states had the
power
Every state had one vote
one chamber
legislature, unicameral
Supremacy clause "Law
of the Land"
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James Madison
Three Branches of
government Two-
chamber in a
Virginia Plan
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
1. combined the two ideas from the Virginia Plan and the New
Jersey plan.
The Great Compromises 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
1. representation based on the population
Articles of Confederation with
a Congress 2. the the weak national government and a strong states
Federalists supporters of the Constitution
Anti-Federalists people who opposed the Constitution
Written by James Madison to convince people to
support the ratification of the constitution. Argued that
Federalist Paper #10
factions were inevitable but were best controlled by a
large republic that employed a Federalist structure.
Argued that competition among factions would limit
their negative impacts.
• Written by James Madison
• Defines the relationship among the three branches of
government as independent.
Federalist Paper # 51 • To stay independent, no branch should have total
power to choose members of the other branches
• By creating a bicameral legislature, it protects the people from
legislative tyranny
• Explains that each branch of government should be selected in
different ways
What was a major difference The Articles of Confederation did not provide for a national
between the Articles of judiciary.
Confederation and the
Constitution?
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