Chapt 8-9 Creating America 8th Gde Social Studies
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| People who opposed the ratification of the Constitution and supported strong state government. | Federalist
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| Supporters of the Constitution who favored a strong national government. | Antifederalist
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| Document adopted by the Continental Congress in 1778 to be the outline of government in the United States until 1787. This document was later replaced by the current constitution. | Articles of Confederation
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| An agreement that ended dispute over American shipping during the French Revolution and agreement by the British to leave the Ohio River Valley | Jay’s Treaty
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| Law that established a plan for surveying and selling the federally owned lands west of the Appalachian Mountains. | Land Ordinance of 1785
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| Uprising of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers in 1787 that was later put down by the American government. | Shay’s Rebellion
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| Tax on goods, usually imports. | Tariff
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| A compromise to count 3/5 of the slave population in each state towards representation. | Three-Fifths Compromise
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| Treaty following the Native American defeat at Fallen Timber, forced Native Americans to surrender present day Ohio and Indiana to the United States. | Treaty of Greenville
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| Plan proposed by Edmund Randolph which proposed a government with three branches and two houses, with both houses being based on population. | Virginia Plan
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| What was one of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? | The federal government had little power to collect taxes and enforce laws
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| How did Shays’ Rebellion change people’s view of the Articles of Confederation? | Shays’ Rebellion made people realize that the Articles of Confederation need to be revised
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| A rebellion against the government’s tax on whiskey where protestors attacked tax collectors and organized an armed rebellion against the United States. | Whiskey rebellion
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| Frontier land that would form modern day Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota. | Northwest Territory
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| Treaty with Spain that allowed Americans to use the Mississippi River and store goods in New Orleans; made the 31st Parallel the southern US border. | Pinckney’s treaty
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| Which colony did NOT send delegates to the Constitutional Convention? | Rhode Island
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| A plan of government that called for one house of legislation in which each state would receive one vote. | New Jersey Plan
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| What was the Constitutional Convention supposed to do? | Revise the Articles of Confederation
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| Who is given the credit for creating the Bill of Rights? | James Madison
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| Who was Washington’s Secretary of State, and what were his responsibilities? | Jeffersonoversaw foreign relations
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| Who was Washington’s Secretary of War, and what were his responsibilities? | Knox managed defenses
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| Who was Washington’s Attorney General, and what were his responsibilities? | Randolph advised on legal affairs
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| Who was Washington’s Secretary of the Treasury, and what were his responsibilities? | Hamilton managed the nation’s money
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| What were the 3 parts of Hamilton’s financial plan? | Pay off all war debt, Raise government revenues,Create a national Bank
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| What did the Federal government do in order to appease Southern states and implement Hamilton’s financial plan? | They agreed to move the U.S. Capitol to the South
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| Why did some colonies demand a Bill of Rights? | They wanted reassurance that the federal government would honor and respect the citizens rights and freedoms.
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| What would the Bill of Rights do? | It would prevent tyranny by protecting the citizens from the power of a national government. It would protect citizens rights and freedoms under a national law.
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