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SS 5 ch. 13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Richard Allen | a slave that started the Free African Society in 1787 |
| Articles of Confederation | the second Constitutional Congress adopted it in 1781set up the country's first central government |
| Daniel Shays | 1786 a Massachusetts farmer who started a group of farmers to protest against the courts |
| Shay's Rebellion | a fight where 8 men were killed |
| Northwest Ordinance | passed in 1787 - a law passed for land |
| Northwest Territory | land claimed from the Atlantic Ocean to Mississippi River by the United StatesIndiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Illinois |
| territory | land |
| statehood | means to become a state when 60,000 people lived there |
| Alexander Hamilton | from New York- came to the congress meeting |
| James Madison | from Virginia- came to the congress meeting |
| Constitution Convention | this is where they made the constitution |
| George Mason | helped write Virginia's Constitution with Gouverneur Morris |
| Virginia Plan | make a republic in Virginia |
| Legislative branch | made up of Congress who make laws and raise money |
| Executive branch | president |
| Judicial branch | made up of judges called the Supreme Court |
| Supreme Court | judges |
| New Jersey Plan | gave the state the same number of representatives |
| Roger Sherman | from Connecticut- he is a judge who made the Great Compromiseknown for his clear thinking |
| Great Compromise | the Congress wuold have two sseparate houses- the House of Representatives and the Senate |
| House of Representatives | larger states had more representatives because of population |
| Senate | favored the small states- each state would have 2 representatives |
| points of view | the way someone looks at something |
| amendments | additions to the Constitution |
| Preamble | the introduction to the Constitution - began with "We the People" |
| federal system | states and central government share power |
| Federal Government has the power to | make money, trade, declare war, settle fights |
| The states have the power to | set up public schools and local governments, and run elections |
| The Federal government and States have the power to | collect taxes and pass laws |
| checks and balances | each state can check on each other to not gain a lot of power |
| veto | refuse to approve soemthing, the president can do this |
| Federalists | supporters of the Constitution |
| ratify | approve the constitution |
| Antifederalists | people against the Constitution |
| Bill of Rights | 10 things added to the Constitution |
| George Washington | 1st president |
| New York City | the country's capital |
| secretary | someone who runs the Congress |
| Secretary of Treasury | Alexander Hamilton- toko care of money |
| Secretary of State | Thomas Jefferson - handled other countries with the US |
| Secretary of War | Henry Knox |
| Cabinet | made up of all the country's officials |
| political parties | people who share the same ideas about the government |
| What were the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? | lack of money and people protesting |
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