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Ch. 7
The Constitution
Question | Answer |
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What state was not present at the Constitutional Convention? | Rhode Island |
Up until 1807, this state allowed women the right to vote. | New Jersey |
What delegate from Virginia is considered the "Father of the Constitution?" | James Madison |
How many branches of government did the Articles of Confederation have? | One (Congress) |
Where and when did the Constitutional Convention take place? | Philadelphia 1787 |
How many states took part in the Constitutional Convention? | 12 |
How many delegates were there all together? | 55 |
Shay's rebellion was led by who? | Daniel Shays |
What was the compromise called that determined how to count slaves for population representation? | 3/5's Compromise |
What do we call the person that runs the government and makes sure that the laws are carried out properly? | executive branch (President) |
What do we call an agreement in which each side gives up a part of what it wants? | compromise |
This law was passed to determine how to distribute land north of the Ohio River. | Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
How many states will be eventually created because of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787? | 5 |
What is the worst state in our union? | Ohio |
What are the three branches of our government today? | executive, legislature, and judicial |
What branch checks to make sure that the laws created are legal and "Constitutional?" | judicial |
How does the preamble of our Constitution start | We the People..... |
What state was the first to include a bill of rights in its constitution? | Virginia |
Why would the states not give a lot of power to their governors? | worried individuals would abuse their powers based on past experience with England and the King. |
What do we call a document that sets down the rules for how a government is to be run? | constitution |
A period of slow business activity, lower prices and wages, and unemployment is called what? | economic depression |
This branch of government consists of a system of courts... | judicial |
The group of delegates in favor of a strong central government were called what? | Federalists |
What do we call the first 10 amendments to the Constitution? | Bill of Rights |
Roger Sherman came up with a plan that appealed to both large and small states that will eventually be passed to create our government. What will this be called? | The Great Compromise |
A series of papers written to encourage the passing of the constitution in favor of a strong central government were called? | The Federalist Papers |
To approve a document is called what? | ratify |
Under the Articles of Confederation how many states would have to vote yes in order for a bill or law to be passed? | nine |
What amendment to the Constitution allows for its citizens to "bear arms?" | 2nd Amendment |
Who was elected the first President of the United States? | George Washington |