Chapter 7 Study Guide

Question 1

What is a government in which citizen rule through elected representatives?

Answer 1

A republic

Question 2

What was America’s 1st constitution?

Answer 2

The Articles of Confederation

Question 3

When was the constitution adopted (month and year)?

Answer 3

In November 1777

Question 4

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

Answer 4

1

Question 5

Why was the AoC unsuccessful?

Answer 5

Because the government it provided wasn’t strong enough to handle all of 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

Northwest Ordinance

Question 7

The Northwest Ordinance was a _____ of _____ for the new settlers.

Answer 7

A Bill of Rights

Question 8

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

Answer 8

The spread of 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

Franklin

Question 10

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

Answer 10

It became the 16th state in 1796

Question 11

What is a depression?

Answer 11

A time of slow economic activity and high unemployment

Question 12

What was Shays’ Rebellion?

Answer 12

An uprising by Mass. farmers to fight the gov’t’s taxes on poor farmers

Question 13

What were the two plans presented at the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 13

Virginia plan and 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 Great Compromise

Question 15

What is the Three Fifths Compromise?

Answer 15

It allowed southern states to count slaves as 3/5 of one free person for representation.

Question 16

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

Answer 16

In the House of Representatives

Question 17

What was a Federalist?

Answer 17

People that supported the Constitution

Question 18

What was a book of essays that supported the Constitution?

Answer 18

The Federalist Papers

Question 19

What is an amendment?

Answer 19

Changes to the Constitution

Question 20

What became the standard for passing a law in Congress? __ out of ___ States

Answer 20

9 out of 13

Question 21

What is the supreme law of the land?

Answer 21

The Constitution

Question 22

What was James Madison considered to be the father of?

Answer 22

“Father of the Constitution”

Question 23

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

Answer 23

John Locke

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Federal System

Question 25

What is the final authority in a federal system?

Answer 25

The Consitution

Question 26

What are the three branches of government as stated in the Constitution?

Answer 26

1) legislative
2) judicial
3) executive

Question 27

Which branch makes laws and consists of Congress?

Answer 27

Legislative

Question 28

Which branch carries out the laws?

Answer 28

Executive

Question 29

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

Answer 29

President

Question 30

What power does the President have to check Congress?

Answer 30

To check Congress with veto power

Question 31

Who elects the President of the USA?

Answer 31

The electoral college

Question 32

Which branch interprets laws and amkes decisions based on Constitution?

Answer 32

Judicial

Question 33

What is the most distinctive feature of our government?

Answer 33

Is the separation of powers

Question 34

Why did the constitution provide a system of checks and balances?

Answer 34

It keeps one branch gaining too much power

Question 35

What is a bicameral legislature?

Answer 35

A 2 house legislature