Chapter 7 Study Guide

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

The government it provided wasn’t strong enough to handle all the problems in the country

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

Bill of Rights

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

State of Franklin

Question 11

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

Answer 11

16th state in 1796

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 the government taxes on poor farmers

Question 14

What were the two plans presented at the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 14

Virginia Plan

New Jersey Plan

Question 15

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

Answer 15

The Great Compromise

Question 16

What is the Three Fifths Compromise?

Answer 16

Allowed Southern states to count slaves as 3/5 of one free person for representation

Question 17

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

Answer 17

The House of Representatives

Question 18

What was a Federalist?

Answer 18

People that supported the Constitution

Question 19

What was a book of essays that supported the constitution

Answer 19

Federalist Papers

Question 20

What is an amendment

Answer 20

Changes to the constitution

Question 21

How many states approved the constitution originally? ? Out of ? States

Answer 21

9 out of 13 states

Question 22

What is the supreme law of the land

Answer 22

The constitution

Question 23

What was James Madison considered to be the father of

Answer 23

Father of 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 of government

Answer 25

Federal System

Question 26

What is the final authority in a federal system

Answer 26

The Constitution

Question 27

What are the three branches of government stated in the constitution

Answer 27

The legislative, Executive, and Judicial

Question 28

Which branch makes laws and consist of Congress

Answer 28

The Legislative Branch

Question 29

Which Branch carries out laws

Answer 29

The Executive Branch

Question 30

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

Answer 30

A president

Question 31

What power does the President have to check Congress?

Answer 31

Veto Power

Question 32

Who elects the President of the United States?

Answer 32

Electoral College

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Judicial Branch

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Separation of Powers

Question 35

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

Answer 35

To keep one Branch from gaining too much power