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Articles of Confederation

What was the first constitution of the United States?

1,2

Virginia Plan

This is referred to as the Large State Plan.

1,3

The Constitution

What is the supreme law of the land?

1,4

Legislative branch

What branch of government makes the laws?

2,1

It could only ask for the money?

Under the Articles, how did the central gov’t

collect taxes from the states?

2,2

New Jersey Plan

What was the small state plan called?

2,3

Checks and balances.

Describe the system where three branches

of gov’t work together to guard against

abuses from each other.

2,4

What is it called when the Government’s power is divided

between the states and central government.

Federalism.

3,1

The states

Who had all or most of the power under the Articles?

3,2

Slaves would be counted as 3/5sof a person when counting a state’s population.

What was the 3/5s compromise?

3,3

Powers reserved to the states.

What are reserved powers?

3,4

If a state law and a federal law conflict,

the federal law wins.

What is the supremacy clause?

4,1

Shay’s Rebellion.

This rebellion showed Americans that the Articles had many faults.

4,2

Two house legislature, one filled by population

and the other filled equally

Describe the great compromise.

4,3

The government can create laws that are necessary and proper

that may not be specificallyPermitted in the constitution

What is the elastic clause?

4,4

Powers only belonging to the central government.

What are delegated powers?

5,1

Create a simple system for setting up state boundries

What was the Northwest Ordinance designed to do?

5,2

James Madison

Who is the author of the Constitution?

5,3

What are concurrent powers?

Powers shared by the states and the central government?

5,4

Under the new Constitution, what was supposed to happen

with fugitive (runaway) slaves?

They must be returned to the people who claimed to own them.