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Ch 7 Test US History
A More Perfect Union Chapter 7
| Answer | Question |
|---|---|
| slavery | The American Revolution brought into focus the contradiction between the American battle for liberty and this. |
| nine | Convention delegates agreed that the Constitution must be approved by how many states? |
| Virginia Plan | This plan called for representation based on population? |
| farmers’ land | Shay's Rebellion forced courts to close so judges could not take away what? |
| Legislative Branch | The branch of the government that makes the laws is called the |
| Executive Branch | The branch of the government that is headed by the president is called the _______. |
| elected representatives | The Americans formed a republic, a government in which citizens rule through what? |
| Great Compromise | Convention delegates broke the deadlock between large and small state when they approved this. |
| Rhode Island | Which state was last to ratify the Constitution? |
| John Locke | The belief that all people have a right to life, liberty and property was promoted by this philosopher |
| deny rights | Those who opposed the Constitution feared the national government would do this |
| new states | One of the Confederation's accomplishments was an arrangement for the settlement of ________. |
| tax | One major weakness of the Confederation was it lack the power to __________ |
| judicial branch | The branch of government that deals with the courts |
| Northwest Territory | What was the single territory that was created out of the lands north of the Ohio River and East of the Mississippi River |
| Shay's Rebellion | After hearing about _______ George Washington was willing to revise the Articles of Confederation. |
| Constitutional Convention | The presence of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington guaranteed public trust in the ______________. |
| slavery | Many white Southerners feared the economic difficulties that would arise if this no longer existed. |
| 1808 | In order to keep the Southern states part of the nation, Northern states agreed to prevent Congress from interfering with slavery before _________. |
| Depression | The United States went through an economic _____________ after the American Revolution. |
| Anti-Federalist | They favored local government controlled more closely by the people |
| framers | The term for the men who shaped the Constitution |
| Federalist | A supporter of the Constitution |
| checks and balances | The system that keeps any one branch of government from gaining too much power. |
| Electoral College | This is the indirect method of electing the President. |
| New Jersey Plan | This plan called for representation to be the same for each state |
| vountary | Under the Articles of Confederation the military was |
| decreased | What happened to the value of money during the American Revolution? |
| no power to tax | Why couldn't congress pay the war debts? |
| imported goods | Robert Morris proposed a tax on this, to pay the national debt. |
| Paris | Where did Benjamin Franklin and the other leaders, sign the Peace Treaty with Great Britain? |
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Ms Plyler
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