KUNZ - Chapter 7 Creating a New Republic
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| What kind of document sets out the laws and principles of a government? | constitution
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| What word means "to carry out" or "to make happen?" | execute
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| What is another term for an alliance? | confederation
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| What is another term for a law? | ordinance
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| What is a time period when business activity slows, prices and wages fall, and unemployment rises? | economic depression
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| What was the first American constitution called? | Articles of Confederation
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| What law set up a system for surveying and settling the Northwest Territory in townships? | Land Ordinance of 1785
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| What law set up a government system for the Northwest Territory, including the requirements for statehood? | Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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| Which protest showed citizens' anger against laws passed by the Massachusetts legislature to raise taxes and seize farms of those who could not pay? | Shay's Rebellion
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| In order to keep America independent, the Continental Congress beleived it needed...? | A central (federal) government
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| In America's early days, most citizens were more loyal to their _____________, than they were to their country. | state
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| Under the Articles of Confederation, the new United States did not have a chief... ____________. | executive
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| Under the Articles of Confederation _________ out of 13 states had to agree to all laws. | Nine
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| Under the Articles of Confederation, congress did not have the power to ________ citizens. | tax
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| Under the Articles of Confederation, there was no national ______________ system to settle arguments between states. | court
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| Under the new Constitution, which branch created the laws? | Legislative Branch
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| Under the new Constitution, which branch carried out the laws? | Executive Branch
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| Under the new Constitution, which branch decides if laws are constitutional or if they are carried out fairly? | Judicial Branch
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| What is a settlement in which each side gives up some of its demands in order to reach an agreement? | compromise
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| At which gathering in Pennsylvania did delegates from 12 states decide to rewrite the Articles of Confederation? | Constitutional Convention
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| Who was the delegate from Virginia who helped create the Virginia Plan? | James Madison
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| Which proposal suggested that state representation in congress should be based only on population? | Virginia Plan
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| Which proposal suggested that every state should have only one vote in cogress? | New Jersey Plan
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| Who created the Great Compromise by including ideas from both the Virginia and New Jersey Plans? | Roger Sherman
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| What proposal suggeted that congress should be made up of two houses (groups); one with state representation based on population and the other alowing only two votes per state? | Great Compromise
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| Which of the Continental Congress' decisions allowed slaves to be counted as a percentage of the population in Southern states? | Three-Fifths Compromise
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| Who was the president of the Constitutional Convention? | George Washington
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| In what type of government do citizens rule themselves through elected representatives? | Republic
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| Representatives from each state who vote for the President and Vice-President are known as the... | Electoral College
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| What is another word for "approve?" | ratify
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| 3 Constitutional Convention delegates refused to sign the new constitution because they believed it gave the new government too much... | power
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| Delegates who wanted a strong central government beleived that the best way to protect everyone "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness" is with a... | republic
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| Delegates who wanted stronger state governments believed that a strong central government would threaten... | individual liberty
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| Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution?" | James Madison
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