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Chapter 5 Review
great review for Chapter 5 Test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What is interstate commerce? | trade between two or more states |
| What were Daniel Shays and his men protesting? | high taxes and heavy debts |
| Shays's Rebellion led most Americans to call for a stronger _______ ___________. | central government |
| Why did the Annapolis Convention of 1786 fail to answer the needs of the nation? | many delegates did not attend the convention |
| What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention? | the improve the Articles of Confederation |
| Why didn't women, African Americans, and Native Americans not take part in the Constitutional Convention? | they did not have the rights of citizenship |
| What was the Three-Fifths Compromise? | determined how many representatives a state would have in the Congress by counting three-fifths of the state's slave population |
| Why did many delegates from the southern states threaten to leave the Union? | because there was talk that the Constitution might ban slave trade |
| What is the purpose of the system called checks and balances? | the keep any branch of government from becoming too powerful |
| What is federalism? | the sharing of power between a central government and the states of a country |
| What is the Bill of Rights? | it was added to the Constitution to protect citizens' rights |
| What is an amendment? | an official change |
| What branch of government is responsible for interpreting the laws? | judicial branch |
| Who was the Federalist who attended the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia's Independence Hall? | James Madison |
| What agreement created a two-house legislature? | Great Compromise |
| This person opposed the Constitution because it did not have a section protecting individual rights? | George Mason |
| What is an official change to the constitution called? | amendment |
| What does federalism mean? | sharing of power between central and state governments |
| What branch of government proposes and passes the laws? | legislative branch |
| What was created to protect the rights of all citizens? | Bill of Rights |
| What is popular sovereignty? | the idea that political power belongs to the people |
| What was the purpose of the Magna Carta? | it required British royalty to obey the same laws as the British people |
| The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom was one of the earliest expressions of which basic principle of American government? | separation of church and state |
| What does ratification mean? | official approval |
| What did the Articles of Confederation establish? | the first national government of the U.S. |
| How did the Articles of Confederation make it difficult for Congress to protect the nation against foreign threats? | the articles made it impossible to force states to provide soldiers |
| What procedure did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 establish? | admission of a state into the Union |
| Why did Congress decide to pass the Land Ordinance of 1785, which divided western lands into townships? | Congress wanted to sell lots to the public to pay the nation's debts |
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