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Question 1

Ratification of the Constitution

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required 9 out of 13 states to ratify (approve) it to become law.

Question 2

Second Amendment

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Right to bear arms

Question 3

Third Amendment

Answer 3

No quartering of soldiers

Question 4

Land Ordinance of 1785

Answer 4

Organized land for division and sale in the Northwest Territory.

Question 5

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Answer 5

Organized the territory for governing and statehood in the Northwest Territory.

Question 6

George Washington

Answer 6

Presided over the Constitutional Convention

Question 7

James Madison

Answer 7

Father of the Constitution

Question 8

Virginia Plan

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“Large state” proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger states and thus prompted smaller states to come back with their own plan for apportioning representation.

Question 9

Democracy

Answer 9

Democracy
A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

Question 10

Federalists

Answer 10

Presided over the Constitutional Convention

Question 11

Federalists

Answer 11

A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during ratification debates in state legislatures.

Question 12

Rope of Sand

Answer 12

Nickname for the Articles of Confederation

Question 13

Tenth Amendment

Answer 13

Powers not given to the federal government are reserved for the states

Question 14

Ninth Amendment

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Guarantees rights not specifically listed belong to the people

Question 15

Eigth Amendment

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No cruel and unusual punishment and no excessive bail

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Seventh Amendmen

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Right to a trial by jury in civil cases

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Sixth Amendment

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Speedy and public trial, right to counsel, right to call witnesses, informed of your charges, right to face your accuser.

Question 18

Fifth Amendment

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No double jeopardy, no self incrimination, eminent domain, due process and grand jury trial.

Question 19

Fourth Amendment

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Protects against unreasonable search and seizure

Question 20

Antifederalists

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Opponents of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government and wanted a Bill of Rights

Question 21

Preamble to the Constitution

Answer 21

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Question 22

Republic

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A form of government in which citizens choose their leaders by voting

Question 23

Great Compromise

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Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house

Question 24

Separation of Powers

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Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, with the legislative branch making law, the executive applying and enforcing the law, and the judiciary interpreting the law. Keeping one from becoming too powerful.

Question 25

3/5 Compromise

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the decision at the Constitutional convention to count slaves as 3/5 of a person for the purpose of deciding the population and determining how many seats each state would have in Congress

Question 26

George Mason

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Father of the Bill of Rights

Question 27

Shay’s Rebellion

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500 rebels shut down courthouses. 1200 rebels attack federal arsenal to gain guns and march on Boston Gov’t. Mass. Militia responds. Rebellion ends.

Question 28

Unicameral

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Single house, members elected by the people.
Concentrated power, bills pass more quickly.

Question 29

Bicameral

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Two houses, like a Senate and House of Representatives.
Balanced the power of common people with power of wealthy elite. Bills pass slowly.

Question 30

First Amendment

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5 freedoms: speech, press, religion, assembly, petition

Question 31

Third Amendment

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No quartering of soldiers