POLI SCI 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Human Nature, Standing Army, Three-Fifths Compromise
27 Mar 2018
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4 views of the constitution: a philosophical document, an agreement with hell (william lloyd garrison, economic self-interest (charles beard, political, not philosophical (roche) However sees recognition of states as political units both inevitable in the u. s, and desirable. Weak central government: no power to impose taxes, no national military or currency. Each state has 1 vote in congress. Requires 9 for 13 for major laws. Selected by state legislatures (until 1913) and 6 year term. Madison: the states were divided into different interests not by their difference of size, but principally from their having or not having slaves . Vague wording an endeavor to conceal a principle of which we were ashamed . Logrolling in the constitution to create a trade regulation/policy. North prefers strong commercial policy and antislavery. South prefer no commercial policy and slavery. Compromise solution: a policy with strong commercial language and slavery. Strips power from people, places it in national national government.
