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Creating a Nation
Unit Test Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1st Constitution of the United States | Articles of Confederation |
| Maintaining national security was difficult under the Articles of Confederation because | No power to draft soldiers |
| Creating a stable economic system under the Articles of Confederation was a problem because | England closed its ports to American ships, States and national government all issued money, Business activity slowed down and unemployment increased |
| The reason that national government under the Articles of Confederation could not repay war loans was because | The government could not tax |
| Under the Articles of Confederation the power rested with | The states |
| The compromise over slaves would be counted for representation in Congress and taxation was called | Three-Fifths Compromise |
| Supporters of ratification for the new constitution were called | Federalists |
| People who opposed ratification of the new constitution were called | Antifederalists |
| The law passed under the Articles of Confederation that made provisions for governing the new northwestern territory and contained the steps to becoming a new state was | Northwest Ordinance |
| An uprising that showed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation and demonstrated the need for a new government was | Shay's Rebellion |
| All of the following lead to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 | Unstable economy, Shay's Rebellion, War debts |
| The man whose contributions to the Constitution were so significant that he was called the "father of the Constitution" was | James Madison |
| The term for a two house legislature | Bicameral |
| The law passed to survey land in order to divide it up into townships and sections was called | Land Ordinance of 1785 |
| The Northwest Ordinance for the first time prohibited this from occuring in a territory | Slave holding (owning slaves) |
| Why were the writers of the Articles of Confeederation afraid to create a strong national government? | Because of their experiences with the British King and Parliament |
| The division of power between the state and national govenrment is called | Federalism |
| List the 5 states that make up the Northwest Territory | Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin |
| The plan for government proposed at the Constitutional COnvention in which the national government would have supreme power and the legislative branch would have two houses with representation determined by state population | Virginia Plan |
| A proposal to create a unicameral legislature with equal representation of state rather than representation by population | New Jersey Plan |
| An agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention establishing that a state's population would determine representation in the lower house of the legislature, while each state would have equal representation in the upper house of the legislature | Great Compromise |
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