APUSH P3 CQ #2 3.7-3.9

The National government under the Articles of Confederation

• conisted of only a unicameral legislature

• consisted of only a House of Representatives and a Senate

• consisted of only executive and judicial branches

• consisted of legislative, executive, and judicial branches

Under the Articles of Confederation the national government did not have the power to

• levy taxes

• declare war

• make treaties

• request troops from the states

The Northwest Ordinance, often seen as one of the most positive achievements of the government under the Articles of Confederation,

• established pocedures by which territories could become states and banned slavery in territory between the Great Lakes and Ohio River

• prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains until 1805. It was intended to give the government time to negotiate with Native Americans living on the land

• Guarenteed the U.S. would not violate their treaty with the Iroquois Confederacy

• resolved the boundary dispute between Pennsylvania and Virginia by granting Pennsylvania territory between the Great Lakes and Ohio River

Shay's Rebellion, where farmers attacked courts in western Massachusetts, demonstrated tensions related to

• conflict between loyalist supporters of Britain and U.S. Citizens

• Concerns about the increasing number of slaves in Massachusetts

• Frustration of New England farmers who had trouble paying debts in hard currency

• State governments’ restrictions on westward expansion into the Ohio River Valley

The Virginia Plan, devised by James Madison, called for a strong national government with

• a legislature divided into two bodies with representation based on each state's population (proportional)

• a one-bodied (unicameral) legislature where each state would have equal representation (every state=same number of reps)

• a hereditary ruler with the title of President. The plan included George Washington as the nominee for the position

• A two bodied (bicameral) legislature with proprotional representation in the house and equal representation in the Senate

The New Jersey Plan, devised by William Paterson, called for a national government with

• a legislature divided into two bodies with representation based on each state's population (proportional)

• a one-bodied (unicameral) legislature where each state would have equal representation (every state=same number of reps)

• a hereditary ruler with the title of President. The plan included George Washington as the nominee for the position

• A two bodied (bicameral) legislature with proprotional representation in the house and equal representation in the Senate

The "Conneticut Compromise", which became the structure of the legislative branch in the new Federal government, proposed a government with

• a legislature divided into two bodies with representation based on each state's population (proportional)

• a one-bodied (unicameral) legislature where each state would have equal representation (every state=same number of reps)

• a 3-bodied legislature with two proportional houses and one equal representation senate. Senators were to be elected by the state governments.

• A two bodied (bicameral) legislature with proprotional representation in the house and equal representation in the Senate

Five of the thirteen states voted for ratification of the Constitution only after

• Slavery was allowed to continue without Federal interference

• They were assured a Bill of Rights would be added soon after ratification

• They were assured the Supreme Court would have the power of Judicial Review

• The other states threatened to organize a government without them

The Three Fifths compromise in the original Constitution referred to the

• number of American Indians allowed citizenship

• rate at which one slave counted toward congressional representation

• proportion of states permitted to practice slavery

• number of African Americans who could vote

The Federalist Papers were

• Written to attain ratification of the Constitution

• intended to persuade voters to elect Thomas Jefferson in the election of 1800

• mobilize popular support for the Articles of Confederation

• Persuade the Continental Congress to declare independence