Chapter7 Flashcards
1)A change or addition to the Constitution.
Amendments
2)a two house congress
Bicameral
3)a balance of power between the different branches of government
Checks and balances
4)a close alliance of states
Confederation
5)the representatives who elect the president.
Electoral college
6)the division of power between the national and state levels of government
Federalism
7)official restrictions on the power of a government.
Limited government
8)belief that the ultimate source of governmental power is vested in the people
Popular sovereignty
9)the division of government into branches
Separations of power
10)a one house congress
Unicameral
11)an effort to settle trade disputes between the colonies.
Annapolis Convention(not successed)
12)the first document to unite the American colonies under one government
Articles of the Confederation
13)an effort to solve the weaknesses of the confederation
Constitutional convention(1787)
14)a collection of essay supporting the Constitution
The Federalist
15)the division of the Northwest into townships for sale and development.
Land ordinance of 1785
16)an effort by military officers to force congress to pay their salaries and pensions
Newburgh Conspiracy
17)the creation of a three-stage plan to create states out of the Northwest territory.
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
18)a proposal to create ten equal states in the Northwest,to ban slavery,and to give away land to settlers.
Ordinance of 1784
19)an effort by farmers to protect their lands from their creditors.
Shay’s Rebellion
20)the official recognition of America’s independence.
Treaty of Paris
21)the pseudonym the governor of New York used when he wrote articles denouncing the constitution.
Cato
22)Term applied to the introduction to the Constitution.
Preamble
23)His ideas provided the framework for the constitution
James Madison
24)Christian statesman who presented the compromise that broke the deadlock over representation in the Constitution.
Roger Sherman
25)opponents to ratifying the Constitution.
Anti-Federalist
26)the pseudonym Alexander Hamilton used when he wrote in response to Anti-Federalist articles
Publius
27)this plan advocated a unicameral Congress with a one-state one-vote principal
New Jersey plan
28)Supporters of the Constitution
Federalist
29)all lands north of the Ohio River.
Northwest Territory
30)Silver and gold
Hard money
31)under the settlement the slaves would counted as only a fraction in consideration of taxes and state representation.
Three-Fifths compromise
32)this plan advocated a bicameral congress with a one-man one-vote principal
Virginia plan
33)collected writings and speeches by opponents of the new Constitution.
Anti-federalist papers
34)paper money whose value had plummeted
Continental dollars
35)plan the proposed representation in the lower house based on state population,and representation in the senate be equal for all states regardless of size
Great compromise(Connecticut compromise)
36)what was American single greatest contribution to political thought?
Constitution
37)Why did the colonists create a weak confederation?
Each colony was jealous of its power.
38)which are the following principle is the most strongly supported by articles of confederation
Limited government
39)selling price for Northwest territory
$1.00 per acre
40)the most important of a accomplishment of the Annapolis convention
Calling a new convention to remedy
41)which of the following issue did not require major debate in the Constitutional convention
Power of the executive
42)which of the following disputed did the confederation settle?
Western lands
43)what region was most concerned about granting the federal government control over trade?
The South
44)In the original constitution who was elected directly by the people
House of representatives
45)on what were townships in the Northwest supposed to use the proceeds from the sale of section16?
Schools
46)what bicameral plan did the large states support at the constitutional convention?
Virginia plan
47)what unicameral plan did the small states support at the constitutional convention?
New Jersey plan
48)Which of the following was not a provision of the trade agreement reached by the constitutional convention?
Slavery would be banned in twenty years
49)which of the following principles was not included in the constitution
Divine sovereignty
50)Who said,thus i consent,sir,to this constitution because i expect no better,and because i am not sure ,that it is not the best”?
Benjamin Franklin
