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, WGU C963 OA
1. Powers under the Articles of Confederation
Answer:
1. Could exchange Ambassadors
2. Make treaties with foreign governments and Indian Tribes
3. Declare War
4. Borrow Money
5. Settle disputes among States
2. Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
Answer: no power to tax,President lacked power,
no money to buy shipsno money pay soldiersno national judiciary
3. New Jersey Plan
Answer:
William PatersonT
hree Branches of Government
The states had the power
Every state had one vote
one chamber legislature, unicameral
Supremacy clause "Law of the Land"
4. 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
5. The Great Compromises
Answer:
1. combined the two ideas from the Virginia Plan andthe New Jersey plan.
2. The 3/5 slavery ruling
3. Slave owners could reclaim their slaves in states where they had fled.
4. Slaves could only be freed if they were born in the US and was over the age of 28
5. Articles of Confederation with a Congress
Answer:
1. representation based on thepopulation
2. the the weak national government and a strong states