Chapter 5 Forming A Government

Question 0

Magma carta

Answer 0

A document signed by King John in 1215, made king subject to law

Question 1

Big idea

Answer 1

The articles of confederation provided a framework for s national government.

Question 2

Constitution

Answer 2

A constitution is a set of basic principles and laws that states the power and duties of the government

Question 3

Virginia statute for religious freedom

Answer 3

This document declared 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

The right to vote

Question 5

Articles of confederation

Answer 5

Congress would become the single branch of the national government, but it round 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

Which set up a system for surveying and diving western lands

Question 8

Tariffs

Answer 8

Taxes on imports or exports

Question 9

Interstate commerce

Answer 9

Trade between two or more states

Question 10

Inflation

Answer 10

Occurs when there are increased prices for good and services combined with the reduced value of money

Question 11

Depression

Answer 11

A period of low Economic activity combined with rise in unemployment

Question 12

Shays’s rebellion

Answer 12

The uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt

Question 13

Why was the confederation congress unable to solve america’s International trade problems?

Answer 13

Because it did not have the authority to pass tariffs or to order the states to pass tariffs.

Question 14

What economic problems did the new nation face

Answer 14

Economic problem

Question 15

What led to shays’s rebellion

Answer 15

The government put heavy tax on farmers

Question 16

Why did some people believe the national government needed to change

Answer 16

Because the economy of the new nation is weak, so they need to make it better

Question 17

Americans had their own models of self government to follow such as_____

Answer 17

Town meeting, the Virginia house of burgesses, and the mayflower compact.

Question 18

Ratification

Answer 18

Official approval

Question 19

When the population of a territory reached ______, it’s settlers could draft their own constitution and ask to join the union.

Answer 19

60,000