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Chapter 8 Vocab KL
Question | Answer |
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A trial that led from the colonies to Kentucky. | Wilderness Road |
A government were the people choose representatives to govern them. | republic |
The United States first form of national government that restricted the national governments power. | Articles of Confederation |
A law passed by the government which divided the western land into townships. | Land Ordinance of 1785 |
The western land in the Great Lakes area. | Northwest Territory |
A law that described how the Northwest territory should be governed. | Northwest Ordinance |
A uprising of farmers who rebelled against the government because they wouldn't pay off debt. | Shay's Rebellion |
The meeting of 55 delegates to write the Constitution. | Constitutional Convention |
One of the ablest delegates at the Convention. | James Madison |
A plan of government that proposed a three branched government. | Virginia Plan |
A plan of government with only one branch. | New Jersey Plan |
A compromise that was used to fix the state representation problem | Great Compromise |
A law that stated three-fifths of the slave population would counted when setting taxes. | Three-Fifths Compromise |
A system of government where the power is shared between the central government and the states | Federalism |
People who supported the Constitution. | Federalists |
People who opposed the Constitution. | Antifederalists |
Essays that answered antifederalist attacks. | The Federalist papers |
A influential figure who opposed ratification of the Constitution. | George Mason |
The United States first ten amendments. | Bill of Rights |