8th Grade Chapt 8-9 study guide

Answer the following using your book. Some of these exact questions will be on the quiz

Chapter 8

8.1

·  What are the Articles of Confederation? Were they effective?

8.2

·  What is a territory?

·  What was the Northwest Ordinance? What did it include?

8.3

·  What is an arsenal?

·  What was Shay’s Rebellion? Who was involved? Why did it happen?

8.4

·  Who is the Father of the Constitution?

·  Why was it important for secrecy?

·  What is Enlightenment?

·  What is a republic?

·  What is a Constitution?

8.5

·  What was the Virginia plan? What states liked it?

·  What was the New Jersey plan? What did it entail?

8.8

What was the Three-Fifths compromise?

8.10

·  What is the Electoral College?

8.11

·  What does it mean to ratify?

·  What date was the Constitution signed?

Chapter 9

9.2

·  What is popular sovereignty?

·  What were the 6 goals of the new government? (aka the Preamble)

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9.3

·  What does the Legislative Branch of government do?

·  What does bicameral mean? What are the two parts of the Legislative branch?

·  What is a bill? How does a bill become a law?

·  What is a veto? Who can do it?

9.4

·  What does the Executive Branch of government do? Who is the head of it?

·  What is the basic law of the land?

·  How long is a term can a president serve? How many terms can they serve?

·  What does it mean to impeach a president?

9.5

·  What does the Judicial branch do? Who does it consist of?

·  What are the two lower courts called? Which would you find in Kalamazoo

·  What is the last stop of the judicial system?

·  How many members are on the Supreme Court?

9.6

·  How many branches of government are there?

·  Be familiar with the picture on pg. 126 and be ready to label the basics (This WILL be on the quiz) Also below

9.7

·  What is the process of changing the constitution?

9.8

·  What is interstate commerce? Who can regulate this?

·  What is federalism?

9.9

·  What is an interest group?