Forging A New Government Vocab 12-22

Question 1

Individuals who lead America in the early stages of her history which would include the revolutionary war and continued on with the formation of a government for the new nation once the revolutionary war was over.

Answer 1

Founding fathers

Question 2

Compromise reach during the Constitutional convention that established bicameral (2houses) legislature; House of representatives with representation based on population and the senate with equal(2 for each state) representation

Answer 2

Great compromise

Question 3

Principle of government in which there is of the division of power between the national and state government

Answer 3

Federalism

Question 4

Government in which government powers are limited to those given to it by the people

Answer 4

Limited government

Question 6

The rights guaranteed to individual citizens by the Bill of Rights and other amendments to the constitution. Freedom of speech and press are two of these important rights

Answer 6

Individual rights

Question 7

Essays written by James Madison Alexander Hamilton and John Jay to support the ratification of the Constitution.

Answer 7

Federalist papers

Question 8

Powers not specifically mentioned in the Constitution

Answer 8

Implied powers

Question 10

Congressional plan for surveying and selling the land between the Appalachians and the Mississippi

Answer 10

Land ordinance of 1785

Question 12

Complaints

Answer 12

Grievances

Question 15

Supporters of ratification of the Constitution led by Alexander Hamilton, Madison James, and John Jay. they believed in a strong national government

Answer 15

Federalist

Question 16

One of the people who wrote the constitution

Answer 16

Framer