Liberty University Helms School of Government Constitutional Government and Free Enterprise GOVT 200-001 Fall Semester 2013 Review Sheet for Final Exam Monday‚ December 9‚ 3:30-5:30pm Liberty University Review Sheet Delivered on Monday‚ December 2‚ for the Final Exam to be administered on Monday‚ December 9. Gai Ferdon‚ Ph.D. Carefully consider each the following questions and be prepared to answer all of them in a multiple question format. The Exam will not contain questions
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This was also a great advantage because this meant that they had more time to think thoroughly about the Constitution‚ making people feel more encouraged. Lastly‚ there was a widespread feeling that the Articles of Confederation was a serious flaw. The controversy with the Articles was that each state had only one vote in Congress‚ and nine out of the thirteen states had to agree in order for it to be passed. The nation had a vast economic problem‚ Shay’s Rebellion was
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ratified to protect individual rights. Giving citizens the right to vote is very important for democracy because it ensures equality to all its citizens. The principles of democracy are based on equality. When the United States was established the Articles of Confederation was signed into law unfortunately
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The Ratification of the Constitution There were many arguments for and against the ratification of the Constitution of the United States. The people that wanted the Constitution to be ratified and people who opposed it were called federalists and anti-federalists. They would get into heated arguments whether or not the Constitution should be ratified. The worst thing about the Constitution is it has no Bill of Rights to protect the people’s rights. Though the Constitution doesn’t have a Bill
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The Articles of Confederation was first sent to the states in November of 1777. Written by the Continental Congress‚ disagreements with separation of power throughout the states is what hindered the ratification process. Reasons for delay were mostly over representation and land. Smaller states wanted the same representation as larger states where larger states wanted representation based on population. Ownership over the western lands‚ as in the Appalachian Mountains‚ also set back the ratification
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ratification that went on until 1790. Members of Congress believed that the Articles of Confederation‚ the first government of the United States‚ needed to be altered while others did not want change. After the Revolutionary War‚ there was a need for strong state centered governments‚ rather than a strong central government based on their experience as a colony. However‚ an investigation of the historical record reveals that the Articles of Confederation were not meeting the needs of Americans‚ and the need
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Mary Bodunde 11/16/10 period 30 1. Thomas Jefferson once said he believed that "all the good" of the new constitution might have been accomplished by simply amending the Article of confederation. According to the text’s authors‚ it is probably a good thing that the Fonding Fathers did not merely amend the Articles of confederation. with which position do you agree? Why? 2. Why didn’t the leaders of the American Revolution extend their spirit of equality to the abolition of slavery and giving
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the constitution grew out the Articles of Confederation as enacted by congress in 1778. The articles contemplated a “firm league of friendship‚” but each state was to maintain its “sovereignty‚ freedom‚ and independence”. The Articles soon proved faulty. Seven years of war had basically bankrupted the colonies. Currency was basically
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of the United States‚ which gave the national government more power‚ but kept them restrained through a system of checks and balances. States still decided smaller political matters‚ but much power was taken away from them that they held with the Articles of Confederation. Two groups emerged after the Convention‚ one for the ratification of the Constitution and the other against. The group
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Constitution on March 4‚ 1789. |what didn’t and used the Articles Of confederation | | |Reference: WWW.LOC.GOV. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/articles.html |as a base to write the constitution. | |Northwest Ordinance
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