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Chapter test
8th grade social studies ch. 8&9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Articles of Confederation | Document adopted by the congenital congress in 1778 to be the outline of government. |
| Land Ordinance of 1785 | Law that established a plan for surveying and selling the federally owned lands west of the Appalachian Mountains. |
| Northwest Territory | Land that would form modern day Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and part of the Minnesota. |
| Shay's Rebellion | Uprising of debt- ridden Massachusetts farmers. |
| Virginia Plan | Proposed by Edmund Randolph that a government with three branches and two houses should have representation based on population. |
| New Jersey Plan | Plan that has one house of legislation in which each state would receive one vote. |
| Great Compromise | Agreement to establish a two house legislature with one house based on population and the other granting each state on representation. |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | Agreement to count 3/5 of the slave population in each state towards representation. |
| Federalist | Supporters of the Constitution who favored a strong national government. |
| Antifederalist | People who opposed the ratification of the constitution and supports strong state government. |
| Bill of Rights | The first 10 amendments to the US Constitution, consisting of a formal list of citizens' rights and freedoms. |
| Tariff | Tax on goods, usually imports |
| Treaty of Greenville | Treaty following the Native American defeat at Fallen Timber. Forced Native Americans to surrender present day Ohio and Indiana to the US. |
| Whiskey Rebellion | 1794 rebellion against the government's tax on whiskey where protestors attacked tax collectors and organized an armed rebellion. |
| Jay's Treaty | An agreement that ended dispute over American shipping during the French Revolution and agreement by the British to leave the Ohio River Valley |
| Weaknesses of the Articles | Federal government was too weak, too many forms of currency, and vulnerable to enemies |
| Effects of Shay's Rebellion | People began to realize a stronger national government was needed. A weak national government could protect its people and ensure domestic tranquility. |
| Why was the Bill of Rights created? | protects citizens rights and freedoms under national law, helps protect people from the power of the national government |
| Federalist | stronger national government, one person to head the executive branch, checks & balances, supported constitution |
| Antifederalists | stronger state government, feared a strong executive, bill of rights, legislative is greater than executive |
| 3 parts of Hamilton's Financial Plan | 1. Pay off all war debt 2. Raising government revenues 3. Create a National Bank |
| Secretary of State for Washington | Jefferson |
| Secretary of War | Knox |
| Secretary of the Treasury | Hamilton |
| Attorney General | Randolph |
| Duties of the Secretary of State | oversaw foreign relations |
| Duties of the Secretary of War | managed defenses |
| Duties of the Secretary of the Treasury | managed the nation's money |
| Duties of the Atorney General | Advised on legal affairs |
| Who created the Bill of Rights | James Madison |
| What State did not attend the Constitutional Convention | Rhode Island |
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