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HES Social Studies10
Ch 10 study guide 2012
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. An _____ is an addition or change to the Constitution. | amendment |
| 2. Antifederalist were a group of people who were not ______ with the constitution. | happy |
| 3. The ____ ______ ______ was a plan for national government where states would keep their freedom and independence. | Articles of Confederation |
| 4. A group of amendments to the Constitution was called the _____ ____ _____. | Bill of Rights |
| 5. A system to guard against any one branch of the ______ becoming too powerful was called checks and balances. | government |
| 6. A compromise is where each side gives up something to reach an _____. | agreement |
| 7. The Constitutional _______ was an assembly that replaced the Articles of Confederation. | Convention |
| 8. A _____ is a representative. | delegate |
| 9. The ______ branch of government is the part that carries out the laws. | executive |
| 10. The word _____ refers to the national government. | federal |
| 11. Federalists were formerly a nationalist group that wanted a ______ national government. | strong |
| 12. The Great Compromise was ______ compromise that Congress be made up of two parts called houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives. | Sherman's |
| 13. Inflation happens when prices rise very _____. | quickly |
| 14. The ______ branch of government is responsible for the court system. | judicial |
| 15. The ______ branch of governments is the part that passes laws. | legislative |
| 16. The plan that proposed that each state, regardless of size, have the same number of representatives in Congress was called the _____ ______ ______. | New Jersey Plan |
| 17. The Northwest Ordinance was an order that commanded that the Northwest Territories be _____ into smaller territories. | divided |
| 18. The _______ is the introduction to the Constitution. | Preamble |
| 19. To ratify something is to ______ it. | approve |
| 20. Reserved powers are those left strictly to _____ governments. | state |
| 21. Seperation of powers means that each branch of the government has different and seperate ______. | powers |
| 22. Shay's Rebellion was a movement by ______ to protest high taxes. | farmers |
| 23. THE FEDERALIST was a series of ______ written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay to educate people about the Constitution. | essays |
| 24. The Three-Fifths Compromise said the three out of every five _____ would be counted for population and taxation. | slaves |
| 25. To ______ means to refuse to sign into law. | veto |
| 26. The _______ ______ was a plan that proposed that Congress should be given much greater power over the states. | Virginia Plan |
| 27. _______ _______ organized Massachusetts farmers in a rebellion against the state's government. | Daniel Shays |
| 28. The Constitutional Convention took place in ________. | Philadelphia |
| 29. A record of the debates at the Constitutional Convention ws kept by ______ ______. | James Madison |
| 30. One contributor to THE FEDERALIST papers was ______ ______ of New York. | John Jay |
| 31. In 1787, Congress decided how areas in the ______ ______ could become states. | Northwest Territory |
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