Chapter 7

Question 1

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

Answer 1

A republic

Question 2

What was America’s 1st constitution?

Answer 2

The article of confederation

Question 3

When was that 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

1

Question 5

Why was the AoC unsuccessful?

Answer 5

The national government couldnt raise taxes

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Noerthwest 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

State of Franklin

Question 10

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

Answer 10

16th state in 1796

Question 11

What is a depression?

Answer 11

Slow economic activity and high unemployment

Question 12

What was Shays’ Rebellion?

Answer 12

An uprising by massachuttes farmers to fight their governments taxes on poor farmers

Question 13

What were the two plans presented at the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 13

The virginia plan and the New Jersy plan

Question 14

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

Answer 14

The Great Comprimise

Question 15

What is the Three Fifths Compromise?

Answer 15

Allowed southern states to count slaves as 3/5 of one free person for representation

Question 16

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

Answer 16

The House of Represenitives

Question 17

What was a Federalist?

Answer 17

People that supported the constitution (Ben Franklin and George Washington)

Question 18

What was a Federalist?

Answer 18

The federalst papers

Question 19

What is an amendment?

Answer 19

Changes to the constitution or other documents

Question 20

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

Answer 20

9 of 13

Question 21

What is the supreme law of the land?

Answer 21

The U.S. Constitution

Question 22

What was James Madison considered to be the father of?

Answer 22

The Constitution

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

Question 25

What is the final authority in a federal system?

Answer 25

The U.S. Constitution

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Legislative, Executive, and Judical

Question 27

Which branch makes laws and consists of Congress?

Answer 27

Legislative

Question 28

Which branch carries out the laws?

Answer 28

Executive

Question 29

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

Answer 29

The President

Question 30

What power does the President have to check Congress?

Answer 30

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

Judical

Question 33

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

Answer 33

The Checks and Balances System

Question 34

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

Answer 34

To equally divide power and keep everything fair

Question 35

What is a bicameral legislature?

Answer 35

Means 2 houses which we have in modern congress