Chapter 7 Flashcards
What year did Tennessee become a state and what number state was it?
16th in 1796
What is a depression?
Slow economic activity and high unemployment
What is a government in which citizen rule through elected representatives?
Republic
What was Shays’ Rebellion?
Uprising by Massachusetts farmers to fight the government’s taxes on poor farmers
How many votes did each state get in Congress under the AoC?
Three
When was that constitution adopted (Month and Year)?
November 1777
What created one territory out of the lands north of the Ohio River and East of the Mississippi River?
Northwest Ordinance
Why was the AoC unsuccessful?
Government provided wasn’t strong enough to handle all of the problems of the country.
The Northwest Ordinance was a _______ of ________ for the new settlers.
Bill of rights
What were the two plans presented at the Constitutional Convention?
Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan
What combined those two plans and established the model for Congress that is used to this day?
The Great Compromise
What is the Three Fifths Compromise?
Southern states to count slaves as 3/5 of one free person for representation
Where would the southern states gain more delegates due to the Three Fifths Compromise?
House of Representatives
What was a Federalist?
People that supported the constitution
What was a book of essays that supported the Constitution?
The Federalist Papers
