WGU C963 OA
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WGU C963 OA
- Powers under the Articles of Confederation
Answer:
- Could exchange Ambassadors
- Make treaties with foreign governments and Indian Tribes
- Declare War
- Borrow Money
- Settle disputes among States
- Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
Answer: no power to tax, President lacked power,
no money to buy ships no money pay soldiers no national judiciary
- New Jersey Plan
Answer:
William Paterson T hree Branches of Government The states had the power Every state had one vote one chamber legislature, unicameral Supremacy clause "Law of the Land"
- Virginia Plan
Answer: 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
- The Great Compromises
Answer:
- combined the two ideas from the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan.
- The 3/5 slavery ruling
- Slave owners could reclaim their slaves in states where they had fled.
- Slaves could only be freed if they were born in the US and was over the age of 28
- Articles of Confederation with a Congress
Answer:
- representation based on the population
- the the weak national government and a strong states
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