Question 1

What was the Northwest Ordinance?  What 5 states would eventually come from this Ordinance?

Accepted Answer

Established the process of admitting new states to the union, and those states would be equal to the original states.  
Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois.

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Established the process of admitting new states to the union, and those states would be equal to the original states.  
Delaware, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Washington.

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Established the process of admitting new states to the union, and those states would be equal to the original states.  
Wisconsin, Texas, Indiana, Idaho, Illinois.

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Established the process of denying new states to the union, and those states wouldn't be equal to the original states.  
Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois.

Question 2

Why did the USA go through a depression after the Revolutionary War?

Accepted Answer

War debt and overextended loans and depreciation of money send the country into an economic depression.

Answer

War debt and under extended loans and depreciation of wars send the country into an tragic depression.

Question 3

What compromise did delegates of the North and the South reach on the issue of slavery?

Accepted Answer

A “gag rule” was established prohibiting the discussion of slavery in government until 1808.

Answer

A “gag rule” was established prohibiting the discussion of servants in government until 1908.

Question 4

What was the main reason that Anti-Federalists opposed the ratification of the constitution?

Accepted Answer

They feared that a federal government that was too strong would result in the states and people losing their individual rights.

Answer

They wanted a federal government that was too strong would result in the states and people keeping their individual rights.

Question 5

When was the Constitution written?  How many states were needed to ratify it?  When was it officially ratified?

Accepted Answer

1787
9 of 13 states were needed to ratify, or amend the constitution.

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1787
10 of 13 states were needed to ratify, or amend the constitution.

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1887
9 of 13 states were needed to ratify, or amend the constitution.

Question 6

How did the ideas of John Locke influence the Framers of the Constitution?

Accepted Answer

Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.  The government derives its power from the people to protect the rights of its people.

Answer

Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.  The government derives its power from the legislature to protect the rights of its people.

Question 7

What are checks and balances?

Accepted Answer

The creation of three co-equal branches of government to ensure no one branch of government is too powerful.  Legislative, Judicial, Executive.

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The creation of three 
not equal branches of government to ensure no one branch of government is too powerful.  Legislative, Judicial, Executive.

Question 8

What were some of the shortcomings of the Articles of Confederation?

Accepted Answer

Lacks the ability to change due to unanimous required consent.
No central power.
Cannot raise taxes or an army without the states’ consent.

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Lacks the ability to change due to unanimous required consent.
No central power.
Can raise taxes or an army without the states’ consent.

Question 9

What was the Virginia Plan?  What was the New Jersey Plan?  How did the Framers utilize each plan in a compromise?

Accepted Answer

Virginia Plan- Unicameral Legislature.  Government representation is based on population.
New Jersey Plan- Unicameral Legislature.  Each state receives an equal amount of representatives.
Joint Compromise- Bicameral legislature.  Upper and lower houses that utilize each plan.

Answer

Virginia Plan- Bicameral Legislature.  Government representation is based on population.
New Jersey Plan- Bicameral Legislature.  Each state receives an equal amount of representatives.
Joint Compromise- Unicameral legislature.  Upper and lower houses that utilize each plan.

Question 10

What is the purpose of the electoral college?  How does it work?

Accepted Answer

The electoral college is the means by which we elect the president of the United States.  Each state gets a certain number of electoral votes.  Whichever candidate wins the popular vote in a state, gets all the electoral votes.  The candidate who wins the majority of the electoral votes wins the presidential election.

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The electoral college is the means by which we elect the president of the United States.  Each state gets a certain number of electoral votes.  Whichever candidate loses the popular vote in a state, gets all the electoral votes.  The candidate who wins the majority of the electoral votes loses the presidential election.

Question 11

What is Federalism?

Accepted Answer

A political system that combines a number of states under the authority of a central government.

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A political system that separates a number of states under the authority of a central government.

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