2D New Nation Review

What are some strengths of the Articles of Confederation?

• Created a Legislative Branch

• No executive branch to enforce laws

• Central government could sign treaties

• Federal government able to run and army and navy

What are some weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

• Federal government could run an army and navy

• No executive branch to enforce laws

• Congress could not collect taxes

• Created a "loose confedration" of states

What is one reason many people called for changes to the Articles of Confederation?

• They opposed the Northwest Ordinance

• They wanted a plan of government made up of two branches

• They believed that a weak national government was ineffective

• They thought the state governments were too weak

What were THREE issues states disagreed on at the Constitutional Convention?

• How slaves would be counted

• Foreign trade

• states' rights

• representation in Congress

• getting new land

What was the New Jersey Plan?

• Equal representation of each state in 1 house of Congress

• Representation based on population with 1 house in Congress

• Equal Representation of each state in 2 houses of Congress

• Representation based on population with 2 houses of Congress

What was the Virginia Plan?

• Equal representation of each state in 1 house of Congress

• Representation based on population with 1 house in Congress

• Equal Representation of each state in 2 houses of Congress

• Representation based on population with 2 houses of Congress

Click all that apply for the New Jersey Plan

• Favored small states

• Favored large states

• Wanted representation based on population

• Wanted representation to be equal for each state

• Wanted states to have only one vote

Click all that apply for the Virginia Plan

• Favored small states

• Favored large states

• Wanted representation based on population

• Wanted representation to be equal for each state

• Wanted states to have only one vote

How did delegates settle the issue of counting slaves in population for the purpose of representation?

• New Jersey Plan

• Great Compromise

• Virgina Plan

• 3/5 Compromise

Why were southern delegates willing to accept the 3/5 Compromise?

• It still increased the political influence of the Southern States

• It allowed indentured servants to become citizens

• It increased the federal taxes

• It allowed the South to gain more land