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CMS 8th ss Ch8
Chamberlain Middle School 8th grade ss Chapter 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| inflation | increased prices for goods and services combined with a reduced value of money |
| suffrage | voting rights |
| constitution | set of basic laws and principles of a society |
| creditors | people who lend money |
| debtors | people who owe money |
| Constitutional Convention | convention in which delegates discussed reivising the Articles of Confederation |
| federalism | sharing of power between the central government and the states that make up a country |
| amendments | official additions, changes, or corrections |
| Antifederalists | people who opposed the Constitution |
| Federalists | people who supported the Constitution |
| This was not a weakness of the Articles of Confederation | It did not give enough power to individual states |
| The federal system of checks and balances | ensures that no one branch will overpower another |
| Antifederalists wanted | a bill of rights added to the Constitution |
| Why did Shay's rebellion begin | high land taxes forced farmers to sell their lands or go to prison |
| What document created a central government with limited powers and gave more power to the states | Articles of Confederation |
| Which proposal favored large states by basing all representation on state population | Virginia Plan |
| A republic is a type of government in which | the head of the state is elected and the people hold the power |
| WHat resolved disputes over the souther slave population | Three-Fifths Compromise |
| What document divided the land ceded by Virginia | Northwest ORdinance of 1787 |
| Federalists believed | that the Constituion provided a good balance of state and national powers |
| Under the Articles of Confederation, the Continental Congress could NOT require | the states to provide money and soldiers |
| Any region of the Northwest Territory with at least 60,000 free inhabitants | could petition Congress to become a state |
| Shay's Rebellion | upset political leaders |
| Delegates met in the Constitutional Convention to | solve the various problems that had arisen under the Articles of Confederation |
| The Antifederalists were | mostly debtors, farmers and Revolutionary War heros. |
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