Chapter 8: U.S. Constitution

Question 1

Shay’s Rebellion

Answer 1

resulted from high taxes

Question 2

Northwest Ordinance

Answer 2

outlined how western territories would be governed

Question 3

Land Ordinance of 1785

Answer 3

allowed for western lands to be divided into townships

Question 4

Articles of Confederation

Answer 4

created a national government

Question 5

Confederation Congress

Answer 5

had the power to wage war and issue money

Question 6

Northwest Territory

Answer 6

included land west of the Appalachian Mountains

Question 7

Virginia Plan

Answer 7

Was proposed as a basic framework of the national government by James Madison and other delegates

Question 8

Three-Fifth’s Compromise

Answer 8

Decided how slaves would be counted in determining a state’s population

Question 9

Federalists

Answer 9

People who favored the new constitution

Question 10

Federalists Papers

Answer 10

A series of essays that were written in support of the new proposed Constitution

Question 11

What is a system of government in which power is shared between the federal government and the states? Republican or Federalism?

Answer 11

federalism

Question 12

Set of amendments to the Constitution that guarantees people’s rights and freedoms

Answer 12

Bill of Rights

Question 13

Opponents of the Constitution argued that the system of majority rule would allow the North to dictate policies that would threaten the southern economy. True or False?

Answer 13

True

Question 14

How did Congress not having a power to tax weaken the national government?

Answer 14

It depended on its states for money.

Question 15

What led the small states to ratify the Articles of Confederation?

Answer 15

the larger states gave up their claims to Western lands

Question 16

What power did the Confederation Congress lack that weakened foreign relations?

Answer 16

it regulated foreign trade

Question 17

What power did the Confederation Congress lack that weakened the nation’s economy?

Answer 17

To collect taxes

Question 18

Who felt that TOO MUCH POWER in the executive branch could lead to tyranny?

Answer 18

Anti-Federalists

Question 19

Accused criminals are entitled to a “speedy and public trial” because innocent people should not be kept in jail for a long time before being tried. True or false?

Answer 19

true

Question 20

The government may not make laws limiting freedom of the press according to the laws governing the press. True or false?

Answer 20

True