Answers
1. Could exchange Ambassadors
2. Make treaties with foreign governments and Indian Tribes
3. Declare War
4. Borrow Money
5. Settle disputes among States - CORRECT ANSWER Powers under the Articles of
Confederation
no power to tax,
President lacked power,
no money to buy ships
no money pay soldiers
no national judiciary - CORRECT ANSWER Weaknesses of the Articles of
Confederation
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" - CORRECT ANSWER New Jersey 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 - CORRECT
ANSWER Virginia Plan
1. combined the two ideas from the Virginia Plan and 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 - CORRECT ANSWER The Great Compromises
1. representation based on the population
2. the the weak national government and a strong states - CORRECT ANSWER
Articles of Confederation with a Congress
supporters of the Constitution - CORRECT ANSWER Federalists
people who opposed the Constitution - CORRECT ANSWER Anti-Federalists