Chapter 7 Flashcards
(21 cards)
A section of land six miles square?
Township
The northwest ordinance protected slavery in the western lands
True or false?
False
The freedom to stockpile goods temporarily at a foreign location?
Right of deposit
The giving of formal approval to certain documents
Ratification
Charge on imported goods?
Tariff
Count of population
Census
Plan that created only a legislative body for governing the nation?
Articles of confederation
An attempt to persuade the states to ratify the constitution.
The federalist papers
Organized western land sales
Northwest ordinance of 1785
Contained the means of adding new states to the union?
Northwest ordinance of 1787
Guarantees that were added to the constitution?
Bill of rights
In what city and in what building did the delegates meet and devise the new constitution?
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
What was the name of the compromise that settled the issue of the counting of slaves for representation and taxation?
Three-fifths compromise
Treaty maker?
John jay
What were the names given to those who favored and those who opposed the acceptance of the constitution?
Federalists and anti-Federalists
What is the precise term that depicts the type of government created by the constitution?
Republic!!
What system did the constitution devise to elect a president?
Electoral college
What is the commonly stated function of the judicial branch?
Interpret law
Which one of the following men attended the const. Convention?
Samuel Adams
Alexander Hamilton
Patrick Henry
Tomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
Explain republic:
Elective representatives govern the ppl.
Define a democracy:
Mob rule
