Chapter 3

Question 1

a social system based on a rigid social and political hierarchy based on the ownership of land

Answer 1

Feudalism

Question 2

the ownership for forced labor of one people by another

Answer 2

Slavery

Question 3

the concept that the citizens are the ultimate source of political power.

Answer 3

Popular Sovereignty

Question 4

wrote common sense in 1776, persuaded many Americans to to support the revolutionary cause. Called for rejection of the king, for independence, and a republic.

Answer 4

Thomas Paine

Question 5

the political document that dissolved the colonial ties between the united states and Britain

Answer 5

Declaration of Independence

Question 6

the rules that establish a government

Answer 6

Constitution

Question 7

first constitution of the U.S. (1777) an association of states with a weak central government

Answer 7

Articles of Confederation

Question 8

a government in which independent states unite for common purpose but retain their own sovereignty.

Answer 8

Confederation

Question 9

the unrestrained power of the people

Answer 9

Popular Tyranny

Question 10

a grassroots uprising (1787) by armed Massachusetts farmers protesting foreclosures.

Answer 10

Shay’s Rebellion

Question 11

the assembly of fifty five delegates in the summer of 1787 to recast the Articles of Confederation, the result was the U.S. Constitution.

Answer 11

Constitutional Convention

Question 12

George Washington, George Mason, Edmund Randolph, and James Madison. Ben Franklin, Alex Hamilton

Answer 12

Founding Fathers (Framers)

Question 13

Leader of American Revolution

Answer 13

George Washington

Question 14

Brilliant politician who made greater impact on constitution than anyone combined.

Answer 14

James Madison

Question 15

a political system in which power is divided between the central and regional units

Answer 15

Federalism

Question 16

supporters of the constitution who favored a strong central government

Answer 16

Federalists

Question 17

advocates of states’ rights who opposed the constitution

Answer 17

Anti-Federalists

Question 18

a proposal at the constitutional convention that congressional representation be based on population, thus favoring the large states.

Answer 18

Virginia Plan

Question 19

a proposal at the constitutional convention that congressional representation be equal, thus favoring the small states.

Answer 19

New Jersey Plan

Question 20

the constitutional solution to congressional representation : equal votes in the Senate, votes by population in the House

Answer 20

Great Compromise (Connecticut)

Question 21

the formula for counting five slaves as three people.

Answer 21

Three-fifths Compromise

Question 22

process through which a proposal is formally approved and adopted by vote

Answer 22

Ratification

Question 23

a series of essays written to build support for ratification of the Constitution

Answer 23

The Federalist Papers

Question 24

groups of citizens united by some common passion or interest and opposed to the rights of other citizens or to the interests of the whole community

Answer 24

Factions

Question 25

a summary of citizen rights guaranteed and protected by a government; added to the constitution as its first ten amendments in order to achieve ratification

Answer 25

Bill of Rights