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Question 1

federalist

Answer 1

a supporter of federal government especially : a supporter of the U.S. Constitution

Question 2

antifederalist

Answer 2

opposed the Constitution because they feared that the new national government would be too powerful and thus threaten individual liberties, given the absence of a bill of rights

Question 3

articles of confederation

Answer 3

established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain.

Question 4

shays rebellion

Answer 4

exposed the weakness of the government under the Articles of Confederation uprising in western Massachusetts in opposition to high taxes and stringent economic conditions

Question 5

great compromise

Answer 5

provided a dual system of congressional representation House of Representatives would be allocated according to each state’s populationthe Senate—each state would have two representatives regardless of the state’s size,

Question 6

three-fifths compromise

Answer 6

every enslaved American would be counted as three-fifths of a person for taxation and representation purposes.

Question 7

viriginia plan

Answer 7

strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. two legislative branches

Question 8

the federalist

Answer 8

written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
federalist papers
promote the ratification of the United States Constitution.

Question 9

new jersey plan

Answer 9

unicameral (one-house) legislature with equal votes of states and an executive elected by a national legislature. This plan maintained the form of government under the Articles of Confederation while adding powers to raise revenue and regulate commerce and foreign affairs.

Question 10

northwest ordinance

Answer 10

established policies for the creation of new states and the admitting of those states into the confederation. accelerated westward expansion orderly.

Question 11

land ordinance of 1785

Answer 11

lands west of the Appalachian Mountains were to be surveyed and sold

Question 12

constitution

Answer 12

established America’s national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens1787, by delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Madison wrote