Chapter 8

Question 1

Ordinance 1785

Answer 1

Land sold at public auction (minimum price a dollar an acre) 640 acre parcels

Question 2

The Great Compromise

Answer 2

Bicameral Legislature:
-House of representatives
-representation based on population
-members elected by voters
-serve 2 yr terms
Senate:
-representation is equal
-members would be selected by state legislatures
-serve 6 year terms

Question 3

The question of whether slaves would be counted as part of the population in determining representation in cogress

Answer 3

the 3/5ths compromise

Question 4

results of the 3/5ths compromise

Answer 4

-expanded the political power of slaveholders
-impact on elections through the electoral college
-9 of the first 15 presidents were slave owners
-Insitutionizes slavery in america

Question 5

Federalists

Answer 5

-wanted a strong central government (Feared anarchy)
-they argued that people like themselves, elite, intelligent, virtuous, public, spirited leaders should run the country because they were the most qualified to do so

Question 6

The antifederalists

Answer 6

opposed to ratification of the constitution
-wanted a strong states right, weak central government
-feared a distant government always run by the elite would infringe on peoples liberties
-feared the government would become corrupt and tyrannical