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Chapter 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "Father of the Constitution" | Madison |
| The "Plan" that became the first framework for the Constitution | Virginia Plan |
| Where, what level of government, had the most power under the Articles of Confederation | State government |
| The issue that needed to be settled before the smaller states ratified the Articles | Western Lands |
| What problems led to the Constitutional Convention | Shays Rebellion/ to many people in debt govt had to regulate trade |
| What was the purpose of the 3/5ths Compromise | to resolve debate over how to count slaves |
| Which groups were not represent at the Constitutional Convention | African Americans, Native American Women |
| Which group opposed ratification of the Constitution | Antiferderalists |
| Why did the new government add a Bill of Rights to the Constitution | to protect the rights of the people against the power of strong government |
| Define the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | Set up an orderly process for admitting teritoiries for states; sent represitives to congress to elect a new assembly for the new states |
| What was the purpose of the Annapolis Convention | Amend the Articles |
| What did Virginia and New York want added till they were to ratify? why was it important? | The Bill of Rights/without Virginia the new government would no have support of the largest state. without new york the continent would be divided into two parts geographically. |
| How did the Antifederalists present their arguments | Using pamphlets and newspapers |
| Who wrote the Federalist papers? | James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay, the secreatary of foreign affairs for the Confederation Congress |
| Helped to create the Wilderness Road | Daniel Boone |
| Rights listed in northwest ordinance of 1787 | Rivers open to navigation, freedom of religion, trial by jury |
| State that did not attend Constitutional Convention | Rhode island refused to participate |
| First to ratify Constitution | Deleware |
| George Mason | refused to sign the constitution unless a Bill of Rights was added |
| New state governments formed after war | all had a republican form of government, some had a Bill of Rights, some had seperate branches of government |
| the year slave trade was banned | 1808 |
| why congress passed the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | because it was how to divide and govern the lands |
| Shays Rebellion and Revelutionary War similar | Both of them were about people angry towards paying taxes |
| Federalism's definition | a system of government where power is shared between the central (Federal) and the state governments |
| The Group that created the Articles of Federation | Continental Congress |
| Why did the Americans fear a strong national government | many americans were afraid that a strong government would result in tieranny |
| Why did the Antifederalists dislike the constitution | the Antifederalists thought the constitution took to much power away from the states and did not guarantee rights for the other people |
| How did Congresses inability to tax weaken the government | the congress had owed tons of money to pay for the Revolutionary War, they had no way of paying it so soldiers threatened them and they had to flee town |
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