Chapter 5- A New Nation

Question 1

Magna Carta

Answer 1

A document signed by king john in 1215, made the king subject to law

Question 2

Constitution

Answer 2

A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government

Question 3

Virginia statue for religious freedom

Answer 3

Stated that no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with tax money

Question 4

Suffrage

Answer 4

Or the right to vote

Question 5

Articles of confederation

Answer 5

Congress would become the single branch of the national government, but it would have limited powers in order to protect the liberties of the people

Question 6

Ratification

Answer 6

Official approval

Question 7

Land Ordinance of 1785

Answer 7

Set up a system for surveying and dividing western lands

Question 8

Northwest ordinance of 1787

Answer 8

Established the Northwest Territory

Question 9

Northwest Territory

Answer 9

Included areas that are now in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin

Question 10

Tariffs

Answer 10

Taxes on imports or exports

Question 11

Interstate commerce

Answer 11

Trade between two or more states

Question 12

Inflation

Answer 12

An increased price for goods and services combined with the reduce value of money

Question 13

Depression

Answer 13

A period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment

Question 14

Daniel shays

Answer 14

Poor farmer, revolutionary war veteran, led hundreds of men in a forced shutdown of the Supreme Court in Springfield, Massachusetts

Question 15

Shays’s Rebellion

Answer 15

Uprising of farmer to protest high taxes and heavy debt.

Question 16

Constitution convection

Answer 16

Held in May 1787 in Philadelphias Independence hall to improve the articles of confederation

Question 17

Virginia plan

Answer 17

Proposed a new federal constitution that would give sovereignty or supreme power to the central government

Question 18

New Jersey plan

Answer 18

Gave each state an equal number of votes and thus an equal voice

Question 19

Great compromise

Answer 19

The agreement to create a two house legislature

Question 20

Three fifths compromise

Answer 20

Only three fifths of a states slave population would count when determining representation

Question 21

Popular sovereignty

Answer 21

Idea that political authority belongs to the people

Question 22

Federalism

Answer 22

The sharing of power between a central government and the states that make up a country

Question 23

Legislative branch

Answer 23

Or congress is responsible for proposing and passing laws

Question 24

Executive branch

Answer 24

Includes the president and the departments that help run the government

Question 25

Judicial branch

Answer 25

Is made up of all national courts

Question 26

Checks and balances

Answer 26

Keeps any branch of government from becoming too powerful

Question 27

Anti federalists

Answer 27

People who opposed the constitution

Question 28

George mason

Answer 28

Became a antifederalist because of no section on individual rights

Question 29

Federalists

Answer 29

Supporters of the constitution

Question 30

Federalists papers

Answer 30

Essays supporting the constitution were written under the name Publius

Question 31

Amendments

Answer 31

Official changes

Question 32

Bill of rights

Answer 32

10 of the proposed amendments intended to protect citizens rights

Question 33

James maddison

Answer 33

Forth president of the US, delegate to the constitution, author of some of the federalists papers, helped lead the war of 1812