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Social Studies Ch 7
Social Studies Review/8th Grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did Roger Sherman suggest? | |
| What plan did Edmund Randolph introduce? | |
| Who was John Locke? | |
| When would the Bill of Rights be added to the Constitution? | |
| When the United States Constitution was complete, three delegates refused to sign it because it did not have what? | |
| What created the Confederation Congress? | |
| What two states kept their colonial charter as their constitution? | |
| What was America's first constitution called? | |
| The movement that influenced the Constitution's architects was what? | |
| Which state was the first to approve the Constitution? | |
| What divided lands in the West north of the Ohio River into townships six miles long and six miles wide? | |
| What was the Three-Fifths Compromise? | |
| What two important British documents influenced the Framers of the United States Constitution? | |
| What river was a major issue between the United States and Spain in the 1780's? | |
| Where were the farmers from that led Shay's Rebellion? | |
| Under the federal system, what is the final authority? | |
| What are Federalists? | |
| What are Antifederalists? | |
| What are The Federalist Papers? | |
| What are The Antifederalist Papers? | |
| The Constitutional Convention agreed that Congress would not interfere with the __________________ until 1808. | |
| What was Shays's Rebellion? | |
| What was the Great Compromise a product of? | |
| The Articles of Confederation had to be approved by how many states? | |
| How many states did Congress need to pass a law? | |
| The division of powers between the national government and the states is a ______________. | |
| What is the most distinctive feature of the United States government? | |
| What law helped stop the spread of slavery to the West? | |
| Who was the presiding officer at the Constitutional Convention? | |
| The government of the Confederation could not pay its debts because it lacked the power to ______________ the states or American citizens. |