Chapter 7

Question 0

What is a gov’t in which citizen rule through elected representatives?

Answer 0

Republic

Question 1

What is a bicameral legislature?

Answer 1

2 houses

Question 2

What was America’s 1st constitution?

Answer 2

Articles of Confederation

Question 3

When was that constitution adopted (Month and Year)?

Answer 3

November 1777

Question 4

How many votes did each state get in Congress under the AoC?

Answer 4

1 vote

Question 5

Why was the AoC unsuccessful?

Answer 5

Because the government it provided was not strong enough to handle all the problems of the country

Question 6

What created one territory out of the lands north of the Ohio River and East of the Mississippi River?

Answer 6

Northeast Ordinance

Question 7

The Northwest Ordinance was a _______ of ________ for the new settlers.

Answer 7

1st ______: bill

2nd _____: rights

Question 8

The Northwest Ordinance was the first attempt to stop the spread of what?

Answer 8

Slavery

Question 9

What is the name of the state in modern Northeast Tennessee that tried to become the 14th state in America?

Answer 9

The State of Franklin

Question 10

What year did Tennessee become a state and what number state was it?

Answer 10

1796 and the 16th state

Question 11

What is a depression?

Answer 11

Slow activity and high unemployment

Question 12

What was Shays’ Rebellion?

Answer 12

Was an uprising by Massachusetts farmers to fight the government taxes on poor farmers

Question 13

What combined those two plans and established the model for Congress that is used to this day?

Answer 13

The Great Compromise

Question 14

What is the Three Fifths Compromise?

Answer 14

Allowed southern states to count slaves as 3/5 of one free person for representatives

Question 15

Where would the southern states gain more delegates due to the Three Fifths Compromise?

Answer 15

The House of Representatives

Question 16

What was a Federalist?

Answer 16

Are people that supported the constitution

Question 17

What was a book of essays that supported the Constitution?

Answer 17

The Federalists Papers

Question 18

What is an amendment?

Answer 18

Changes to the constitution

Question 19

What became the standard for passing a law in Congress? ____ out of _____ States

Answer 19

The constitution

9 out of 13

Question 20

What is the supreme law of the land?

Answer 20

The constitution

Question 21

What was James Madison considered to be the father of?

Answer 21

“Father of the Constitution”

Question 22

Who was an influential writer from the Enlightenment who believed every person had natural rights?

Answer 22

John Locke

Question 23

What type of system states that power should be shared between the national and state level gov’ts?

Answer 23

Federalism

Question 24

What is the final authority in a federal system?

Answer 24

Constitution

Question 25

What are the 3 branches of gov’t as stated in the Constitution?

Answer 25

Legislative
Executive
Judicial

Question 26

Which branch makes laws and consists of Congress?

Answer 26

Legislative

Question 27

Which branch carries out the laws?

Answer 27

Executive

Question 28

What did the Constitution have the AoC did not have? (Hint: Chief Executive)

Answer 28

President

Question 29

What power does the President have to check Congress?

Answer 29

Veto

Question 30

Who elects the President of the United States?

Answer 30

Electoral College

Question 31

Which branch interprets laws and makes decisions based on the Constitution?

Answer 31

Judicial

Question 32

What is the most distinctive feature of our gov’t?

Answer 32

Separation

Question 33

Why did the Constitution provide a system of Checks and Balances?

Answer 33

Keeps one branch from gaining too much power

Question 34

What were the two plans presented at the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 34

New Jersey and Virginia plan