Chapter 8: Confederation to Constitution Name ______

Review

Chapter 8: Confederation to Constitution Name ______

REMEMBER TO READ THE CHAPTER, PAY ATTENTION TO ALL CLASSROOM INFORMATION, ASK QUESTIONS, STUDY AND WORK HARD, KNOW THE STUDY GUIDE. CLASSROOM NOTES ARE ALSO IMPORTANT. THE QUESTIONS BELOW WILL BE VERY HELPFUL, BUT IT IS NOT EVERYTHING THAT WILL BE ON THE TEST.

1._____LAND ORDINANCE OF 1785______Law that established a plan for dividing the federally owned lands west of the Appalachian Mountains

2. ______NORTHWEST ORDINANCE OF 1787______Law that described how the Northwest Territory was to be governed

3. ______1837___What year did Michigan become a state?

4.______CONFEDERATION CONGRESS______Natonal legislative body formed by the Articles of Confederation

5.______A OF C ______Plan for national government passed in 1781 ( 200 years before Mr. Benz graduated from high school).

6. ______NW TERRITORY ______Lands northwest of the Appalachians, covered by the Land Ordinance of 1785

7. DANIEL SHAYS REBELLION ______Uprising of Massachusetts farmers who wanted debt relief

8. ______JAMES MADISON ___Father of the Constitution?

9. ______PHILIDELPHIA ______What city was the Constitution written in?

10. ______1788_____What year was the Constitution ratified?

11.______W______Who was the President of the Constitutional Convention

12. ______FOUNDING FATHERS, FOUNDERS , FRAMERS, DELEGATES ______People who helped create the U. S. constitution were know as..

13. ______VIRGINIA PLAN ______A proposal for a two house legislature with representation according to each state’s population or wealth

14. ______NJ PLAN ______Proposal for a legislature in which each state would have one vote

15. ______GREAT COMPROMISE ______Agreement to establish a two – house (bicameral) national legislature, with all states having equal representation in one house and each state having representation based on its population in the other house

15.5 ______100_____How many Senators do we have today?

16. ______435_____How many representatives do we have in the House (House of Representatives) today?

17. ______3/5 COMPROMISE ______Agreement that three-fifths of a state’s slave population would be counted for representation and taxation

18. ______EXECUTIVE BRANCH ______Government Branch that enforces laws

19. ______JUDICIAL BRANCH______Government department that interprets laws

20. ______LEGISLATIVE BRANCH ______Government department that makes laws

21. ______CHECKS AND BALANCES ______The ability of each branch of government to exercise checks, or controls over the other branches

22. ______ANTI FEDERALIST___People who opposed ratification of the Constitution

23. ___FEDERAL SYSTEM, FEDERALISM ______System of government in which power is shared between the national (or federal) government and the states

24._MAKE MONEY, REGULATE TRADE, POST OFFICE, RUN MILITARY______List three powers that national government has

25. ____LICENCES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, SCHOOLS _____List three powers the State Government has

26. ______FEDERALIST ______People who supported ratification of the Constitution

27.______FEDERALIST PAPERS ______Ratification essays published in New York news papers

28. ______BILL OF RIGHTS______The first ten amendments to the U. S. constitution

29. ____BILL OF RIGHTS ______What did the Anti Federalist want?