Chapter 5 Shaping A New Nation Flashcards
A government in which citizens rule through their elected representative is called what?
Republic
The agreement over how many states would be represented in congress was known as the?
Great Compromise
The branch of government charged with making laws is the?
Legislative Branch
The branch of government charged with interpreting laws is the?
Judicial Branch
Supporters of the constitution during the debate over its ratification were known as what?
Federalists
This system is intended to keep one branch of government from dominating the others
Checks and Balances
A form of government that divides the power between the national government and the state governments is knows as what?
Federalism
The Federalists was a series of essays defending what law?
The constitution
A revolt 1787 by Massachusetts farmers outraged by burdensome taxes was known as what?
Shays’s Rebellion
The representative at the constitutional convention who proposed the Great Compromise was
Roger Sherman
What were some strengths of the Articles of Confederations? (5)
Gave new national power to declare war, make peace, and sign treaties, borrow money, postal service deal with Native American tribes.
What were some weaknesses of the Articles of Confederations? (4)
Each state only had one vote in congress, no executive branch to enforce the laws of congress, congress could not enact and collect taxes, and 9 out of 13 states needed to agree to pass important laws.
What was the debate over the nation’s slave population? how was it settled?
people didn’t know if slaves should be counted as people, the Three-Fifths Compromise settled this.
What branch carries out the laws?
Executive Branch
Who did not contribute to the Federalists?
Thomas Jefferson
