Chapter 2
1. Why is the United States Constitution stronger
than the Articles of Confederation? How would the history of United States have
been different if the country still operated under the Article? Although both
the Constitution and the Articles have a lot in common such as established by
the same people, they however were quite different also. Such as voting, Articles were one vote per
state and in the Constitution it was one vote per Representative or Senator.
The Constitution was stronger because the Articles gave the states too much of
the power. The Constitution created
Federalism and the Three Branches. I
think if the U.S was still under the Articles the nation would be in worse
shape. More debt would than we already have, I don’t believe all the states
would be working together instead be fighting. 2. The first three articles of the Constitution establish/define the three branches of government-read these articles. What did you learn that you didn’t already know about our government? The three branches are Judicial Branch, Executive Branch, and Legislative Branch. I really didn’t know much about the three branches. I learned that the Judicial Branch determines the legality of the actions for the Executive Branch and it also declares federal laws. The Executive Branch proposes and vetoes legislation and appoints judges and pardons the crime. The Legislative Branch is where the courts are established and impeaches and convicts are removed.
3. How important is the Supreme Court ruling in Marbury v. Madison and why? The court wasn’t in the favor for Marbury. The question was if the two laws conflict the court must decide on the outcome.
4. Looking at the United States government today, is it more like what the federalists or the Anti-Federalist envisioned and why? Federalist, because they wanted to live under the Constitution not under the Articles and that’s how things are in the government today.
I agree with the first of your comments. The way the Articles were wrote all the seperate state would have the main control over the taxes collected by the citizen, not allowing Congress to use what was needed for order or defense of the country. Not to mention the unpaid debts. The Constition that we operate under today grants the superior power to the Federal level instead of the local and state governments.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your answer for question four. I found that because the Federalist wanted the Constitution but the Antifederalist were against it that it would more likely be the Federalist. I also didnt really know much about the branches until this class. I only knew the names but never what they actually were.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, I also feel like its more what the Federalist envisioned. The government has more order because of the constitution. I also agree that the constitution is stronger. I believe we do need order. I just don't feel like our country could be ran under the Articles.
ReplyDeleteKylie Corrigan