Chapter 7

Question 1

What is a bicameral legislature?

Answer 1

2 Houses

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Republic

Question 3

What was America’s 1st constitution?

Answer 3

The articles of confederation

Question 4

When was that constitution adopted (Month and Year)?

Answer 4

November 1777

Question 5

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

Answer 5

One

Question 6

Why was the AoC unsuccessful?

Answer 6

No

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Northwest ordinance

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Line of opportunity

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Slavery

Question 10

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

Answer 10

The state of Franklin

Question 11

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

Answer 11

1796 and was the 16th state

Question 12

What is a depression?

Answer 12

Slow economic activity and high unemployment

Question 13

What was Shays’ Rebellion?

Answer 13

Uprising by Massachusetts farmers to fight gov’t taxes on poor farmers