TAMU POLS 206: Final Exam questions with correct answers

Articles of Confederation CORRECT ANSWER • Adopted during the revolutionary War • Created the confederation • Not really a framework for national government • Set up a government [One-house (unitary) body of delegates & each state gets 1 vote] • State's retain independence and sovereignty, except powers explicitly delegated to central government **• 9 states needed to pass law (supermajority) **• Unanimous vote needed for any amendment to the Articles -State legislatures select delegates to Congress Congress empowered to: CORRECT ANSWER • Make peace • Make coin money • Appoint officers for army • Control post office • Negotiate with Indian tribes • Declare war Three-fifths Compromise CORRECT ANSWER • Population for both Taxes and representation would be calculated by: "whole # of free person" + "3/5 of all OTHER people" • Representatives and direct taxes were apportioned based on this final population