CIVICS – Chapter 2; section 2 – Flashcards

makes laws

carries out laws.

interprets laws.

Roger Sherman came up with the Great Compromose. Each state would have equal representatives in the Senate which would please the small states. In the House of Representatives, representatives would be based on population which would please the big states.

While the Great COmpromise settled the structure of congress, the question of how to calculate population needed to be settled. In the Three-fifths Compromise delegates agreed that every 5 enslaved would count as three free persons. Thus three-fifths of the slave population would be used in determining representation in Congress. That number would also be used in determining taxes.

a group of people who would be named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president. The Electoral college system is still used today, but the voters in each state, not the legislatures, now chose electors.

supported the Constitution and chose the name Federalist to emphasize that the Constitution would create a system of federalism, a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states.

a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states

opposed the Constitution because gave too much power to the National Gov and took too much away from the states. Objected to the absence of a bill of rights and thought that the Constitution failed to protection to individual rights such as freedoms of speech and religion.

1. Virginia Plan called for government with three branches, executive branch, legislative branch and judicial branch. Legislative branch makes laws; executive branch carries out laws; judicial branch interprets law. Legislative branch divided into two houses. 2. New Jersey Plan - called for three branches but the legislature would have one house and each state would get one vote.

Under both plans there three branches of government but under the New Jersey plan the legislative branch would have one house of representatives. The New Jersey plan backers wanted this because it made their states equal to the larger states. The Virginia Plan backers wanted two houses and states would be represented on the basis of their population. Large states would have more votes than small states.

1. The Great Compromise - Roger Sherman came up with the Great Compromose. Each state would have equal representatives in the Senate which would please the small states. In the House of Representatives, representatives would be based on population which would please the big states. 2. Three-fifths Compromise - While the Great COmpromise settled the structure of congress, the question of how to calculate population needed to be settled. In the Three-fifths Compromise delegates agreed that every 5 enslaved would count as three free persons. Thus three-fifths of the slave population would be used in determining representation in Congress. That number would also be used in determining taxes. 3. Electoral College "other compromise" - a group of people who would be named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president. The Electoral college system is still used today, but the voters in each state, not the legislatures, now chose electors.

Some delegates believed members of Congress should chose the president and others believed that the people should vote to decide the presidency. The solution was the ELectoral College,a group of people who would be named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president. The Electoral college system is still used today, but the voters in each state, not the legislatures, now chose electors.

the Federalist eventually agreed that a BIll of Rights was a good idea and promised that if a COnstitution was adopted the new government would add a bill of rights to it. THe promise helped turn the tide.

The three-fifths compromise dealt with how they would count slaves as part of the population. The south wanted to count them because it would provide them because it would increase their voting power in HOuse of Representatives. They resolved the issue by counting every 5 slaves as three people, which means that every three counted as one person.

supported the Constitution and chose the name Federalist to emphasize that the Constitution would create a system of federalism, a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states. Supported strong national government. Anti-federalists felt it gave too much power to national government and took too much from states.

The southern states feared that Congress would use this power to tax exports-goods sold to other countries. if this happened, the Southern economy would suffer because it depended heavily on tobacoco, rice and other products. The also feared that Congress may stop slave traders from bringing enslaved people into the US.