history ch. 5

Question 0

Define a confederate government

Answer 0

A government in which the states have more power than the national government

Question 1

What was Americas first constitution?

Answer 1

The articles of confederation

Question 2

What are 3 powers congress could/couldn’t do under the first constitution

Answer 2

Could: declare war, conduct foreign relations, borrow money

Couldn’t: tax, regulate trade, draft soliders

Question 3

What are the 2 major weaknesses of Americas first constitution?

Answer 3

No president, no court systems

Question 4

Each state had one vote. ___ out of 13 had to agree to approve actions

Answer 4

9

Question 5

List americas diplomatic failures

Answer 5

1. GB refused to evacuate soldiers in the Great Lake region
2. GB a refused to compensate Americans for losses during the war
3. Disputes with Spain as to where the boundary of Florida
4. GB a refused to give access to merchants British merchant

Question 6

Explain the northwest ordinance of 1784

Answer 6

Divided western lands (between Appalachians and Mississippi River) into 10 self-governing districts. Areas could apply for apply for statehood when their population equaled the smallest state.

Question 7

Explain the Land ordinance of 1785

Answer 7

Divided the western lands into rectangular townships

Question 8

1 township=___ sections

Answer 8

36

Question 9

What Indians did Americans have conflict in the battle of fallen timbers

Answer 9

Miami Indians

Question 10

General Anthony Wayne defeated the Miami Indian in the battle of ____

Answer 10

Fallen timbers

Question 11

What general defeated the Miami Indians

Answer 11

General Anthony Wayne

Question 12

What was the treaty that the Miami Indians ceded in

Answer 12

Treaty of Grenville

Question 13

Explain shays rebellion

Answer 13

An uprising against the U.S. Government Led by Daniel shay over economic failures

Question 14

What is significance of shays rebellion

Answer 14

It showed the need for a strong central government that the articles of confederation did not provide. Maybe we needed to fix it.

Question 15

Where did the constitutional convention meet?

Answer 15

Philadelphia

Question 16

Who is know as the father of the constitution

Answer 16

James Madison

Question 17

Who was the oldest at the constitutional convention

Answer 17

Ben Franklin

Question 18

Who was the president of the convention

Answer 18

George Washington

Question 19

Who was the father of the convention

Answer 19

James Madison

Question 20

What divided the convention

Answer 20

A question of representation

Question 21

Who proposed the 3 branches of gov.

Answer 21

Edmond Randolph

Question 22

What are the three branches of gov and what do they do

Answer 22

Legislative-make the law
Judicial-interpret the law
Executive-enforce the law

Question 23

The ___ plan is unicameral legislature that wanted equal representation and was favored by the small states

Answer 23

New Jersey

Question 24

The ___ plan called for a bicameral legislature with representation based on population and was favored by the large states

Answer 24

Virginia

Question 25

Explain the great compromise

Answer 25

A compromise that had a bicameral legislature with the senate to have equal representation and the lower house to have representation based on population

Question 26

Who lead the committee in the great compromise

Answer 26

Ben Franklin

Question 27

Explain the 3/5 compromise

Answer 27

It said slaves would be counted as 3/5 of a free person to determine population and for taxing purposes

Question 28

The supporters of the constitution were called ___.

Answer 28

Federalists

Question 29

Who was the first president

Answer 29

George Washington

Question 30

Who was Americas for Vice President

Answer 30

John Adams

Question 31

What were the first 10 amendments of the constitution called

Answer 31

The bill of rights

Question 32

What was Americas first Chief Justice

Answer 32

John jay

Question 33

Who was the leader of the federalist a party

Answer 33

Alexander Hamilton

Question 34

Who were the two leaders of the antifederalist

Answer 34

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison

Question 35

___ makes sure no part of gov. Is more powerful than another branch

Answer 35

Checks and balances

Question 36

Define a federal government

Answer 36

The nation government would be supreme over the state governments

Question 37

What date was the constitution signed

Answer 37

September 17, 1787

Question 38

Madison, Hamilton, and jay wrote a series of essays supporting the constitution called ___.

Answer 38

The federalist papers

Question 39

The antifederalists were afraid the constitution would ___________.

Answer 39

Fail to protect the basic rights of the people

Question 40

Where was washing Putin inaugurated? (The first U.S. Capitol)

Answer 40

New York City

Question 41

The ___ created structure of the Supreme Court. (6 justicies, 1 chef justice, and 5 associate)

Answer 41

Judiciary act of 1789

Question 42

List the presidential advisors (Secretary of State, treasury, War, and attorney general)

Answer 42

Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Henry Knox, and Edmund Randolph

Question 43

List the 5 views of the federalists and their leader

Answer 43

1. Strong central gov.
2 business should lead
3. Urban cities
4. Us leader of the world affairs
5. Gov. Run by the rich and able
Leader: Alexander Hamilton

Question 44

List the 5 views of the antifederalists and their leader

Answer 44

1. Modest central gov. (Power in the states & people)
2 a nation of farmers
3. Rural
4. Little if any role in world affairs
5. Gov. Made up of the common man
Leader: Jefferson, Madison