Chapter 7- A More Perfect Nation

Question 1

What is a bicameral legislature?

Answer 1

2 Houses

Question 2

What is a gov. in which citizens rule through elected representatives?

Answer 2

A republic

Question 3

What was America’s first constitution?

Answer 3

Articles of Confederation

Question 4

When was the Articles of Confederation adopted?

Answer 4

November 1777

Question 5

How many voted did each state get in congress under the Articles of Confederation?

Answer 5

One

Question 6

Why was the Articles of Confederation unsuccessful?

Answer 6

The government it provided wasn’t strong enough to handle all the problems of the country

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Northwest Ordinance

Question 8

The Northwest Ordinance was the first attempt to stop what?

Answer 8

Slavery

Question 9

The Northwest Ordinance was a _________ of __________ for the new settlers.

Answer 9

Bill of Rights

Question 10

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

Answer 10

State of Franklin

Question 11

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

Answer 11

1796 and 16th

Question 12

What is a depression?

Answer 12

Decrease in economic activity and high unemployment

Question 13

What was Shays’ Rebellion?

Answer 13

An uprising of by Massachusetts farmers to fight the gov. taxes on poor farmers

Question 14

What were the two plans presented at the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 14

Virginia Plan: strong national government
and
New Jersey Plan: strong state government

Question 15

What combined the VA and NJ Plan and established the model that is used for congress today?

Answer 15

The Great Compromise

Question 16

What is the Three Fifths Compromise?

Answer 16

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

Question 17

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

Answer 17

House of Representatives

Question 18

What was a Federalist?

Answer 18

People that support the constitution

Question 19

What was a book of essays that supported the constitution?

Answer 19

The Federalists Papers

Question 20

What is an amendment?

Answer 20

Changes to the Constitution

Question 21

How many states originally approved the constitution? _______ out of _______?

Answer 21

9/13

Question 22

What is the supreme law of the land?

Answer 22

The constitution

Question 23

What was James Madison considered to be the father of?

Answer 23

Father of the Constitution

Question 24

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

Answer 24

John Locke

Question 25

What type of system states that power should be shared between the natural and state governments?

Answer 25

Federal System

Question 26

What is the final authority in the Federal system?

Answer 26

The Constitution

Question 27

What are the three branches of government?

Answer 27

Judicial, Legislative, and Elective

Question 28

Which branch makes law and consists of Congress?

Answer 28

Legislative

Question 29

Which branch carries out the law?

Answer 29

Executive

Question 30

What did the constitution have that the Articles of Confederation not have?

Answer 30

A president

Question 31

What power does the president have to check congress?

Answer 31

Veto power

Question 32

Who elects the president of the U.S.?

Answer 32

Electoral College

Question 33

Which branch interprets the law and makes decisions based on the constitution?

Answer 33

Judicial

Question 34

What is the most distinctive feature of our government?

Answer 34

The separation of powers

Question 35

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

Answer 35

It help keep one branch from gaining too much power