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Chapter 7
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History
8th Grade
01/19/2006

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What were the goals of the writers of the state constituitons?
Definition
to place limited power on the government and to keep power in the hands of the people.
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State constitutions made which branch of government the most powerful?
Definition
Legislative
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What plan for a national government did Congress adopt in November 1777?
Definition
The Articles of Confederation
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What could Congress do and not do under this plan?
Definition
could= conduct foreign affairs, maintain armed forces, borrow money and issue currency.

couldn't= regulate trade, force citizens to join the army or impose taxes
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When did the Confederation formally become the government of the United States?
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March 1, 1781
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Who proposed the 1784 plan to divide the Western territory into self-governing districts?
Definition
Thomas Jefferson
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What did the Ordinance of 1785 establish?
Definition
a procedure for surveying and selling western lands north of the Ohio river.
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What did the Ordinance of 1785 establish?
Definition
a procedure for surveying and selling western lands north of the Ohio river.
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Why did the value of the money printed during the Revolutionary War plummet?
Definition
no gold or silver backed it up
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What did Robert Morris propose to help pay the national debt?
Definition
a 5% tax on imported goods.
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Why did the British trade policy upset American merchants?
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The British were keeping Americans out of the West Indies and other profitable British markets.
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What did Spain do to halt American expansion into its territory?
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block the Mississippi River to shipping
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What British document provided an important model for the Americans?
Definition
The English Bill of Rights of 1689
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What idea did the Enlightment provoke?
Definition
knowledge, reason and science as the means to improve society
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What is federalism?
Definition
sharing power between the federal and state powers
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Under the new system, what became the final and supreme authority in disputes between the federal government and state governments?
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The Constitution
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What are the powers of Congress?
Definition
legislative, executive and judicial
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Who or what indirectly elects the president and vice president?
Definition
The Electoral College
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Which courts are included in the judicial branch?
Definition
The Supreme Court and a few lower selected federal courts
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What does the seperation of powers prevent?
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one branch dominating the others
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What did the new government pledge?
Definition
to protect the personal freedoms of its citizens
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What are the names of otwo highly respected men who were Federalists?
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George Washinton and Benjamin Franklin
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Why did the Antifederalists fear an energetic central government?
Definition
oppression; a few ppl controlling many was intimidating
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What was the strongest critcism against the new Constitution?
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there was no bill of rights
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What two states were important to the future of the new government?
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Virginia and New York
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When would a bill of rights be added to the constitution?
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1791
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After the war, America had a shortage of what?
Definition
money
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Who suffered because they couldn't sell their goods after the war?
Definition
farmers
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Who suffered because they couldn't sell their goods after the war?
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farmers
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What did state officials seized from farmers when they couldn't pay their state taxes?
Definition
their lands
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What was the name of the event that happened in January 1787 in which more than 1,000 farmers marched tot he federal arsenal in Springfield, Massachusetts?
Definition
Shays's Rebellion
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Who organized the first antislavery society in 1774 in Pennslyvania?
Definition
The Quakers
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James Madison and who were active in the movement to reform the Articles of Confederation?
Definition
Alexander Hamilton
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In what city did the COnstitutional Convention take place in May 1787.
Definition
Philadelphia
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The delegates unanimously chose who as presiding officer?
Definition
George Washington
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Endmund Randolph introduced the what, which called for a two-house legislature, a chief executive chosen by the legislature, and a court system?
Definition
Virginia Plan
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Delegates from small states objected to the Virginia Plan because representatives were chosen according to the _______ of the state.
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population
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What agreement did Robert Sherman propose in order to resolve the convention;s disagreements?
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The Great Compromise
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Congress wouldn't interfere with what until 1808?
Definition
the slave trade
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When did delegates assembele to sign the Constitution?
Definition
September 17, 1787
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