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History
Ch 8 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| wilderness road | the trail into kentucky that woodsman, daniel boone, helped bild. |
| republic | a government in which people elect representatives to vote for them |
| land ordinance of 1785 | a law that established a plan for surveying and selling the federally owned lands west of the Appalachian Mountains. |
| northwest ordinance | described how the northwest territory was to be governed and set conditions for settlements and settlers rights. |
| shays rebelllion | 1787 an uprising of MA debt ridden farmers that wanted change to the Articles of Confederation. |
| constitutional convention | a meeting held in 1787 o consider changes to the Art. of Con.; resulted in the constitution. |
| james madison | a delegate of the constitutional convention, |
| virgina plan | votes based on population |
| new jersey plan | based on state. |
| great compromise | took both plans and combined them. |
| 3 fifths comp | count every 3 out of 5 slaves in pop |
| federalism | system of government where power is shared among the central goverment and the states. |
| federalists | supported the constitution |
| federalist papers | a series of essays defending and explaining the constitution. |
| george mason | a delegate in the constitutional convention, refused to sign the final document. |
| bill of rights | the first ten amewndments to the constitution. |
| 1st amendment | PRASP |
| 2nd amendment | bear arms |
| 3rd amendment | quartering troops |
| 4th amendment | search and seizure |
| 3 fifths comp | count every 3 out of 5 slaves in pop |
| federalism | system of government where power is shared among the central goverment and the states. |
| federalists | a law that established a plan for surveying and selling the federally owned lands west of the Appalachian Mountains. |
| federalist papers | a series of essays defending and explaining the constitution. |
| george mason | a delegate in the constitutional convention, refused to sign the final document. |
| bill of rights | the first ten amewndments to the constitution. |
| 1st amendment | PRASP |
| 2nd amendment | bear arms |
| 3rd amendment | quartering troops |
| 4th amendment | search and seizure |
| 5th amendment | rights of the accused |
| sixth amendment | trial by juryin civil cases |
| 7th amendment | over 20 dollars goes to federal court |
| 8th amendment | cruel or unusual punishment |
| 9th amendment | rights of the people |
| 10th amendment | powers of the states and the people |
| unicameral | one hosue |
| bicameral | two houses |
| anti-feds | a person who is opposed to the ratification of the us constition. |
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