Vocabulary (Lesson 1)

Question 1

Constitution:

Answer 1

a detailed, written plan for government

Question 2

Bicameral:

Answer 2

a legislature consisting of the parts, or houses

Question 3

Confederation:

Answer 3

a group of individuals or state government

Question 4

Articles of Confederation:

Answer 4

The first Constitution of the United States

Question 5

Ratify:

Answer 5

to vote approval of

Question 6

Ordinance:

Answer 6

a law, usually of a city of country

Question 7

Area:

Answer 7

a region or section

Question 8

Ordinance of 1785:

Answer 8

law that setup a plan for surveying western lands; this method is still used today

Question 9

Northwest Ordinance:

Answer 9

1787 law that set up a government for the Northwest territory and served as a model for other new territones and as a plan for admitting new states into the Union.

Question 10

Impact:

Answer 10

an influence or effect

Question 11

Shays Rebellion:

Answer 11

an uprising of Massachusetts farmers who did not want to lose their farms because of debt caused by heavy state taxes after the American Revolution