Ch 5 Flashcards
How many states eventually ratified the Constitution?
13
Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
- Set up a plan to survey the western lands
- Transferred ownership of western land to the federal government
- Established rules for admitting new states to the union
How many states had to ratify the Constitution before it could go into effect?
9
Event known as Massachusetts farmers upset over taxes & debts seized courthouses and arsenals to keep judges from taking their property in 1789
Shay’s Rebellion
Written plan of government selling out laws and principles
Constitution
to carry out
execute
list of freedoms the government promises to protect
Bill of Rights
a settlement in which each side agrees to give up some of it’s demands
compromise
to change a law or constitution
amend
government in which citizens rule through their elected representative
republic
name of the agreement between the small and large states at the Constitutional Convention
Great Compromise
part of the government that decides if laws are carried out fairly and interprets their meaning
Judicial Branch
name of agreement between northern & southern states about counting slaves when determining a state’s population
3/5 compromise
supporters of the Constitution favoring a strong national government
Federalist
part of federal government that makes the laws
Legislative Branch
people who opposed the constitution
Anti-Federalists
part of government that carries out the law
Executive Branch
government that divides power between the national & state government
Federalists
name for the first ten amendments
Bill of Rights
Name of the plan of government used by US since 1789
Constitution
Document that described the US plan of government from 1781-1789, was weak & was replaced
Articles of Confederation
- Federal government one-house congress
- Could not tax
- No federal judicial branch
- Every state must agree to change it
- One vote in Congress States
Articles of Confederation
- National law is supreme over state law
- US President
- 3 branches of federal government
- strong/powerful federal government created
- Larger population had more votes
Constitution
