Social Studies - Chapter 10

Question 1

Definition:

people who supported the Constitution

Answer 1

Federalists

Question 2

Definition:

related to the national government

Answer 2

federal

Question 3

Definition:

people who were against the Constitution

Answer 3

Antifederatlists

Question 4

Definition:

a group of essays in support of the Constitution

Answer 4

The Federalist

Question 5

Definition:

a change or addition to the Constituition

Answer 5

amendment

Question 6

Definition:

the first 10 amendments to the Constitution

Answer 6

Bill of Rights

Question 7

Definition:

a person who represents other people at a meeting

Answer 7

delegate

Question 8

Definition:

a meeting where delegates came up with the Constitution

Answer 8

Constitutional Convention

Question 9

Definition:

a plan giving states with more people more representatives

Answer 9

Virginia Plan

Question 10

Definition:

a plan giving each state the same number of representatives

Answer 10

New Jersey Plan

Question 11

Definition:

an agreement reached after each side gives up something

Answer 11

compromise

Question 12

Definition:

a plan that split Congress into the House of Representatives and the Senate

Answer 12

Great Compromise

Question 13

Definition:

counting only some enslaved people as part of a state’s population

Answer 13

Three-Fifths Compromise

Question 14

Definition:

the beginning part of the Constitution

Answer 14

Preamble

Question 15

Definition:

powers that are “reserved,” or left, for the states

Answer 15

reserved powers

Question 16

Definition:

dividing a government into branches with separate powers

Answer 16

separation of powers

Question 17

Definition:

a system to make sure that no branch of government becomes too powerful

Answer 17

checks and balances

Question 18

Definition:

to refuse to sign into law

Answer 18

veto

Question 19

Definition:

an early plan for the new American government

Answer 19

Articles of Confederation

Question 20

Definition:

to approve or accept something

Answer 20

ratify

Question 21

Definition:

the part of government that makes laws

Answer 21

legislative branch

Question 22

Definition:

the part of government that puts laws into effect

Answer 22

executive branch

Question 23

Definition:

the part of government that makes sure laws are understood correctly

Answer 23

judicial branch

Question 24

Definition:

an economic condition in which prices rise very quickly

Answer 24

inflation

Question 25

Definition:

an uprising of farmers who were angry about state taxes

Answer 25

Shays’ Rebellion

Question 26

Definition:

a plan for dividing the Northwest Territory

Answer 26

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Question 27

What were the goals of the Articles of Confederation?

Answer 27

1. Defend the nation
2. Ensure peace
3. Establish justice

Question 28

What caused Shays’ Rebellion?

Answer 28

It was a protest against the land being taken away and the taxes that they had just worked so hard to get rid of

Question 29

Identify the effects that led to the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.

Answer 29

• Treaty of Paris gave the US land.
• Congress wanted this land to become states
• The plan described how to divide the Northwest Territory and how they would become states.

Question 30

What led George Washington to say: “What stronger evidence can be given of the want of energy in our government?”

Answer 30

He realized that because of all the things that were happening that there needed to be

• a stronger government to help control taxes
• strengthen our trade with other countries
• stop the fighting with each other.

Question 31

List 3 facts that made proved the Articles of Confederation were weak?

Answer 31

1. Congress could not control taxes
2. No power to trade with other countries
3. No executive branch to carry out the law
4. There was no uniform currency
5. Protests like Shays’ Rebellion were occurring

Question 32

What was the Great Compromise?

Answer 32

congress should be made up of not just one part but of two parts, called houses.

Question 33

What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?

Answer 33

3 out of 5 slaves could be counted as part of a state’s population

Question 34

What did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention expect to accomplish?

Answer 34

Goal- to strengthen the shaky national government by revising the Articles of Confederation.

Question 35

Why did the writers of the Constitution create a system of checks and balances?

Answer 35

• To make a Separation of power
• to guard against any one branch becoming too powerful

Question 36

Why is the Bill of Rights so important in American government?

Answer 36

to protect our rights

Question 37

Why do you think the Constitution is called a “living document”?

Answer 37

because it is open to constant change whether by ratifying the Constitution with a new amendment or by repealing an existing amendment