Quiz

Question 1

State Sovereignty

Answer 1

A nation that governs itself independently of foreign powers

Question 2

National Sovereignty

Answer 2

the idea that independent nation have an organized government and are self-contained, have a right to exist without other nations interfering.

Question 3

Popular Sovereignty

Answer 3

Political theory that government is subject to the will of the people

Question 4

Bicameral

Answer 4

Consisting of two houses, or chambers, especially in a legislature

Question 5

Ratification

Answer 5

To sign or give formal consent to

Question 6

Northwest Territory

Answer 6

Territory north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River

Question 7

Depression

Answer 7

A period of low economic activity and widespread unemployment

Question 8

Shay’s Rebellion

Answer 8

Lead by Daniel Shays; a group of farmers that thought of the new government as tyranny; frightened many national leaders; took place in Massachusetts

Question 9

Constitutional Convention

Answer 9

A group of 55 delegates in Philadelphia working on the Constitution

Question 10

James Madison

Answer 10

A Virginia planter who became the chief architect of the Constitution; became a leader of the new national government; took notes of what happened at the convention; 4th US president

Question 11

The Virginia Plan

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Proposed by Edmond Rudolph even though it was mostly made by James Madison; called for a two-house legislature, a chief executive chosen by the legislature, and a court system; number of representatives would be proportional to the population of state

Question 12

New Jersey Plan

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Kept the Confederations one-house legislature, with one vote for each state. Congress could set taxes and regulate trade

Question 13

The Great Compromise

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Roger Sherman proposed a two-house legislature, consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives. The Senate would have an equal number of representatives from each state. The House of Representatives would include one representative for each 30,000 individuals in a state.

Question 14

Three-Fifths Compromise

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A compromise that counted each slave as three-fifths of a free person for taxation and representation

Question 15

Bill of Rights

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Guaranteed certain freedoms and legal protections to the state’s citizens; helped establish the idea that people have rights and that the power of government should be limited

Question 16

Framers

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A person who shapes or creates a concept, plan, or system

Question 17

Federalism

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The sharing of power between federal and state governments

Question 18

Legislative Branch

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The branch of government that makes the nation’s laws

Question 19

Executive Branch

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The branch of government, headed by the president, that carries out the nation’s laws and policies

Question 20

Judicial Branch

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The branch of government, including the federal court system, that interprets the nation’s laws

Question 21

Checks and Balances

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The system in which each branch of government has a check on the other two branches so that one branch does not become too powerful

Question 22

Federalists

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Supporters of the constitutions

Question 23

Antifederalists

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Individuals who opposed ratification of the Constitution

Question 24

Alexander Hamilton

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New York Lawyer who proposed calling a convention in Philadelphia to discuss trade issues

Question 25

George Mason

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One of the three delegates who refused to sign the Constituion; he would not sign it without a bill of rights

Question 26

State Constituions

Answer 26

Many were based upon ideals expressed in the D.O.I. Other important ideals of state constitutions were popular sovereignty, government by the consent of the governed, and equal justice under law

Question 27

The Articles of Confederation

Answer 27

The first constitution of the USA; sovereignty was an important part of the A.O.C.