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 legislative homes

Question 2

What was America’s 1
st
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

One vote

Question 5

Why was the AoC unsuccessful?

Answer 5

Because the national government had very little power and could not tax so the national government had little or no money

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Northwest ordinance

Question 7

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

Answer 7

New place,opportunities

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 14
th
state in America?

Answer 9

Stae of franklin

Question 10

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

Answer 10

1786&16

Question 11

What is a depression?

Answer 11

When the economy slows down and when unemployment rises

Question 12

What was Shays’ Rebellion?

Answer 12

When they were trying to get rid of the articles of confederation

Question 13

What were the two plans presented at the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 13

Virginia plan and the New Jersey plan

Question 14

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

Answer 14

The US constitution

Question 15

What is the Three Fifths Compromise?

Answer 15

Wh

Question 16

What is the Three Fifths Compromise?

Answer 16

When the north and south compromised by counting a certain amount of slaves

Question 17

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

Answer 17

In virginia North Carolina and South Carolina and Georgia

Question 18

What was a Federalist?

Answer 18

Your national government

Question 19

What was a book of essays that supported the Constitution?

Answer 19

Bill of rights

Question 20

What is an amendment?

Answer 20

It is we’re it states something like freedom of press so it is pretty much a law

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Half of them

Question 22

What is the supreme law of the land?

Answer 22

You can go against the us constitution

Question 23

Why is James Madison considered the father of…

Answer 23

The constitution

Question 24

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

Answer 24

John Locke

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Bicameral

Question 26

What is the final authority in a federal system?

Answer 26

Constitution

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Legislative
Judicial
Executive

Question 28

Which branch makes laws and consists of Congress?

Answer 28

Executive

Question 29

Which branch carries out the laws?

Answer 29

Judicial

Question 30

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

Answer 30

President

Question 31

What power does the President have to check Congress?

Answer 31

Legislative

Question 32

Who elects the President of the United States?

Answer 32

Electrioal branch