Chapter 7 Study Guide

Question 1

What is a gov’t in which citizen rule through elected representatives?

Answer 1

Republic

Question 2

What was America’s 1st Constitution?

Answer 2

The Articles of Confederation

Question 3

When was that constitution adopted (Month and Year)?

Answer 3

November 1777

Question 4

How many votes did each state get in Congress under the AoC?

Answer 4

1 vote

Question 5

Why was the AoC unsuccessful?

Answer 5

Because the government it provided was not strong enough to handle all of the problems of the country

Question 6

What created one territory out of the lands north of the Ohio River and East of the Mississippi River?

Answer 6

Northwest Ordinance

Question 7

The Northwest Ordinance was a _______ of ________ for the new settlers.

Answer 7

Bill of Rights

Question 8

The Northwest Ordinance was the first attempt to stop the spread of what?

Answer 8

Slavery

Question 9

What is the name of the state in modern Northeast Tennessee that tried to become the 14th
state in America?

Answer 9

State of Franklin

Question 10

What is a bicameral legislature?

Answer 10

Means two houses

Question 11

What year did Tennessee become a state and what number state was it?

Answer 11

The 16th US State in 1796

Question 12

What is a depression?

Answer 12

Slow economic activity and high unemployment

Question 13

What was Shays’ Rebellion?

Answer 13

Was an uprising by Massachusetts farmers to fight the gov’ts taxes on poor farmers

Question 14

What were the two plans presented at the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 14

Virginia and New Jersey Plan

Question 15

What combined those two plans and established the model for Congress that is used to this day?

Answer 15

The Great Compromise

Question 16

What is the Three Fifths Compromise?

Answer 16

Allowed southern states to count slaves as 3/5 of one free person for representation

Question 17

Where would the southern states gain more delegates due to the Three Fifths Compromise?

Answer 17

House of Representatives

Question 18

What was a Federalist?

Answer 18

Were people that supported the constitution

Question 19

What was a book of essays that supported the Constitution?

Answer 19

The Federalists Papers

Question 20

What is an amendment?

Answer 20

Changes to the constitution

Question 21

What became the standard for passing a law in Congress? ____ out of _____ States

Answer 21

9 out of 13 states

Question 22

What is the supreme law of the land?

Answer 22

The Constitution

Question 23

What was James Madison considered to be the father of?

Answer 23

“The father of the constitution”

Question 24

Who was an influential writer from the Enlightenment who believed every person had natural rights?

Answer 24

John Locke

Question 25

What type of system states that power should be shared between the national and state level gov’ts?

Answer 25

Federal System

Question 26

What is the final authority in a federal system?

Answer 26

Constitution

Question 27

What are the 3 branches of gov’t as stated in the Constitution?

Answer 27

Legislative, Executive, and Judicial

Question 28

Which branch makes laws and consists of Congress?

Answer 28

Legislative

Question 29

Which branch carries out the laws?

Answer 29

Executive

Question 30

What did the Constitution have the AoC did not have? (Hint: Chief Executive)

Answer 30

President

Question 31

What power does the President have to check Congress?

Answer 31

Veto power

Question 32

Who elects the President of the United States?

Answer 32

Electoral College

Question 33

Which branch interprets laws and makes decisions based on the Constitution?

Answer 33

Judicial

Question 34

What is the most distinctive feature of our gov’t?

Answer 34

The seperation of powers

Question 35

Why did the Constitution provide a system of Checks and Balances?

Answer 35

Keeps one branch from gaining too much power