Chapter 7

Question 0

What is a gov’t in which citizen rule through elected representatives?

Answer 0

A Republic

Question 1

What is a bicameral legislature?

Answer 1

Bicameral means 2 houses

Question 2

What was America’s 1st constitution?

Answer 2

The Articles of Confederation (1777)

Question 3

When was America’s first constitution adopted (Month and Year)?

Answer 3

November 1777

Question 4

How many votes did each state get in Congress under the AoC?

Answer 4

One

Question 5

Why was the AoC unsuccessful?

Answer 5

The government it provided was not strong enough to handle all of the problems of the country.

Question 6

What created one territory out of the lands north of the Ohio River and East of the Mississippi River?

Answer 6

The Northwest Ordinance

Question 7

The Northwest Ordinance was a _______ of ________ for the new settlers.

Answer 7

Bill of Rights

Question 8

The Northwest Ordinance was the first attempt to stop the spread of what?

Answer 8

Slavery

Question 9

What is the name of the state in modern Northeast Tennessee that tried to become the 14th state in America?

Answer 9

The State of Franklin

Question 10

What year did Tennessee become a state and what number state was it?

Answer 10

1796 It was the 16th state

Question 11

What is a depression?

Answer 11

A period when economic activity slows and unemployment rises

Question 12

What was Shays’ Rebellion?

Answer 12

An uprising by Massachusetts farmers to fight the government’s taxes on poor farmers

Question 13

What were the two plans presented at the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 13

The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan

Question 14

What combined those two plans and established the model for Congress that is used to this day?

Answer 14

The Great Compromise

Question 15

What is the Three Fifths Compromise?

Answer 15

Allowed Southern States to count slaves as 3/5 of a person 

Question 16

Where would the southern states gain more delegates due to the Three Fifths Compromise?

Answer 16

In the House of Representatives

Question 17

What was a Federalist?

Answer 17

People that supported the Constitution

Question 18

What was a book of essays that supported the Constitution?

Answer 18

The Federalist Papers

Question 19

What is an amendment?

Answer 19

Changes to the Constitution

Question 20

What became the standard for passing a law in Congress? ____ out of _____ States

Answer 20

9 out of 13

Question 21

What is the supreme law of the land?

Answer 21

The Constitution

Question 22

What was James Madison considered to be the father of?

Answer 22

The Constitution (He wrote the Virginia Plan)

Question 23

Who was an influential writer from the Enlightenment who believed every person had natural rights?

Answer 23

John Locke

Question 24

What type of system states that power should be shared between the national and state level gov’ts?

Answer 24

Federal System (Federalism)

Question 25

What is the final authority in a federal system?

Answer 25

The Constitution

Question 26

What are the 3 branches of gov’t as stated in the Constitution?

Answer 26

Legislative Executive Judicial

Question 27

Which branch makes laws and consists of Congress?

Answer 27

The Legislative Branch

Question 28

Which branch carries out the laws?

Answer 28

The Executive Branch

Question 29

What did the Constitution have the AoC did not have? (Hint: Chief Executive)

Answer 29

A President

Question 30

What power does the President have to check Congress?

Answer 30

The Power of Veto

Question 31

Who elects the President of the United States?

Answer 31

The Electoral College

Question 32

Which branch interprets laws and makes decisions based on the Constitution?

Answer 32

The Judicial Branch

Question 33

What is the most distinctive feature of our gov’t?

Answer 33

The System of Checks and Balances (Separation of Powers)

Question 34

Why did the Constitution provide a system of Checks and Balances?

Answer 34

To keep one branch from gaining too much power.