Chapter 7 Vocab

Question 0

Bill of rights

Answer 0

List of freedoms that the government promises to protect.

Question 1

Constitution

Answer 1

A document that sets out the laws, principles, organization, and processes of a government.

Question 2

Execute

Answer 2

Carry out, the laws.

Question 3

Articles of Confederation

Answer 3

First American constitution, passed in 1777, which created a loose alliance of 13 independent states.

Question 4

Cede

Answer 4

Gave up

Question 5

Currency

Answer 5

Money

Question 6

Law of Ordinance of 1785

Answer 6

Law setting up a system for settling the Northwest Territory

Question 7

Depression

Answer 7

A period when business activity slows, prices and wages fall, and unemployment rises.

Question 8

Shay’s Rebellion

Answer 8

A 1786 revolt in Massachusetts led by farmers in reaction to high taxes.

Question 9

Constitutional Convention

Answer 9

Gathering of state representatives on May 25th, 1787, to revise the Articles of Confederation.

Question 10

Virginia Plan

Answer 10

Plan at the Constitutional Convention that called for a strong national government with three branches and a two-chamber legislature

Question 11

Legislative Branch

Answer 11

A branch of government that passes laws

Question 12

Executive Branch

Answer 12

A branch of government that carries out laws

Question 13

Judicial Branch

Answer 13

A branch of government decides if the laws are carried out fairly

Question 14

New Jersey Plan

Answer 14

Plan at the Constitutional Convention favored by smaller states, that called three branches of government with a single-chamber legislature

Question 15

Compromise

Answer 15

A settle in which each side gives up some of its demands in order to reach an agreement.

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Great Compromise

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Plan at the Constitutional Convention that settled the differences between large and small states.

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Three-Fifths Compromise

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Agreement at the Constitutional Convention that three fifths of slaves in a state would be counted in its population.

Question 18

Founding fathers

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Leaders who laid the groundwork for the United States

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Republic

Answer 19

A government in which citizens rule themselves through elected representatives

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Dictatorship

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A government in which one person or a small group hold complete authority

Question 21

Manga Carta

Answer 21

Signed in 1215, a British document that contained two basic ideas: monarchs themselves, have to obey the laws, and citizens have basic rights.

Question 22

English Bill of Rights

Answer 22

A 1689 document that guaranteed the rights of English citizens

Question 23

Habeas Corpus

Answer 23

The idea that no person could be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime

Question 24

Separation of Powers

Answer 24

Principle by which the powers of government are divided among separate branches

Question 25

Federalists

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Supporters of the Constitution

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Antifederalists

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Opposers of the Constitution

Question 27

The Federalist Papers

Answer 27

Series of essays by Federalists James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay in support of ratifying the Constitution

Question 28

Amend

Answer 28

Change

Question 29

Bill of Rights

Answer 29

First 10 amendments to the United States Constitution

Question 30

Ratify

Answer 30

To approve