Mr. Arndt Chapter 7
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- Supreme Court
- highest court in the United States
- Virginia Plan
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* proposed by Edmund Randolph and James Madison
* strong national government
* three branches of government
* two house legislature
* seats in both houses would be based on population - problems of Articles of Confederation
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* created a weak national government
* made the states too strong
* did not provide for a president
* no system of courts
* It was up to the states to enforce the laws passed by Congress - veto
- reject a proposed law (bill)
- Northwest Ordinance
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* set up a basic govt. in Northwest Territory
* guaranteed basic rights to settlers
* outlawed slavery in Territory
* best acheivement under the Articles of Confed.
* provided a way to admit new states to union - Shay's Rebellion
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* revolt by Mass. farmers about taxes
* showed that the Articles of Confederation were weak and needed revision - Roger Sherman
- worked out the Great Compromise which both small and large states agreed to
- republic
- government in which citizens rule themselves through elected representatives
- Land Ordinance of 1785
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* created a system for surveying and settling the Northwest Territory
* one section in every township was set aside to support public education - amend
- add to the Constitution
- checks and Balances of 3 branches
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Examples)
The President can veto a bill.
Congress can override a veto.
The Supreme Court can decide if a law is Constitutional.
There are more than just these three examples. - override
- overrule the President's veto
- federalism
- division of power between the states and the national government
- John Locke (his ideas)
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* all people have natural rights to life, liberty and property
* government is an agreement between the ruler and the ruled - due process
- The government must follow the same fair rules in all cases brought to trial.
- Alexander Hamilton
- one of the writers of the Federalist papers
- judicial branch
- the system of courts that decides if laws are carried out fairly and are Constitutional
- Federalists
- did NOT want the Constitution to include a bill of rights
- Anti-Federalists
- wanted the Constitution to INCLUDE a bill of rights
- executive branch
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* under Article II of the Constitution
* includes the President and Vice President
* carries out the laws - Bill of Rights
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* the first ten amendments of the Constitution
* rights that the government promises to protect - Great Compromise
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* by Roger Sherman
* two house legislature
* lower house - House of Representatives (elected by popular vote and based on state's population)
* upper house - Senate - (appointed by governor, each state gets two Senators)
[Senators are no longer appointed by the governor] - 1st Amendment
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Freedom of:
religion
press
assembly
petition
speech - impeach
- to bring charges against an offical (the President)
- bill
- a proposed law
- legislative branch
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* created under Article I of the Constitution
* passes / makes laws - what the Articles of Confederation could/did do
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* Congress could declare war, coin money, and be involved in foreign affairs
* Congress created laws about settling the west under the Articles - 3/5ths Compromise
- Slaves would count as 3/5ths of the population of a state when determining the number of votes each state gets.
- New Jersey Plan
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* proposed by William Patterson
* favored smaller states
* three branches of government
* one house legislature
* every state would have only one vote in the legislature - William Patterson
- created the New Jersey Plan