A HTG 100 Exam 2 Questions And Answers
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Republic ANS✔✔ "The public thing" - citizens of a political state to govern
themselves.
Problem of republic ANS✔✔ tyranny/anarchy
Plato's solution to the problem of the republic ANS✔✔ - The best/brightest
hold political offices.
- James Madison agreed that virtue would be the peoples' check.
The confederation ANS✔✔ defensive alliance among sovereign governments
Articles of Confederation purpose ANS✔✔ --to bring together all the
individual colonies to create a strong defense.
--preceded the constitution.
Weaknesses of Articles of Confederation ANS✔✔ - no executive or judiciary
- potential for state wars
- no way to resolve dispute between states.
- no trade regulations (leads to economic warfare).
- no way for amendments.
-States made their own international treaties
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-Individual states were not required to follow national policy because the
states were sovereign
- no power to tax
Strengths of Articles of Confederation ANS✔✔ - Good experience
- States acted as experimental labs
- Led the nation through the revolutionary war
- Ended the disputes over western lands
- Was a product of the people
Colonies similar to... ANS✔✔ Greece:
- both leagues of separate republics with friendly rivalries, cultural
exchanges, and similar institutions.
John Adams solution for strengthening state government ANS✔✔ - bicameral
legislative
- strong executive branch given veto power to be a check on the legislative
branch
- annual elections to dissuade executive branch from misusing power.
- rule of law
Alexander Hamilton and James Madison ANS✔✔ nationalists who fought for
a stronger American union: a stronger gov. would enhance freedom,
opportunity, and rule of law.
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Virginia Plan ANS✔✔ (Madison/Edmund Randolph) both houses determined
proportionally via population, lower house elected by people, upper house
elected by lower house. Bicameral.
New Jersey Plan ANS✔✔ (William Paterson) unicameral legislature (one vote
per state) One legislative chamber instead of two.
The Great Compromise ANS✔✔ (Roger Sherman) 2 senators per state
(upper house/NJ plan) plus representation by population in the House (lower
house/ VA plan)
Compromise on Slavery ANS✔✔ 1. Slave trade could not be abolished for 20
years
2. Slaves counted as 3/5 of a person for taxation and representation
3. Fugitive slaves were to be returned to their owners
important figures at constitutional convention: ANS✔✔ --George Washington
- represented virtue and patriotism, credited the convention
--Benjamin Franklin - oldest there, urged supporting ratification
--James Wilson - helped draft the Constitution
Political economy ANS✔✔ - the confederation period was a time of economic
uncertainty
- Large debts from war, trade from Britain
-Major developments: "tensions between debtors and creditors, struggle
over interstate trade, and debate over federal taxation power."
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