7.1-2

Question 1

date of the Critical Period

Answer 1

1781-1789

Question 2

date of the Land Ordinance

Answer 2

1785

Question 3

date of the Northwest Ordinance

Answer 3

1787

Question 4

date of the Constitutional Convention

Answer 4

1787

Question 5

date the U.S. Constitution was ratified

Answer 5

1788

Question 6

date of the Bill of Rights

Answer 6

1791

Question 7

changes in America after the War for Independence

Answer 7

1. new land opportunities
2. social conditions improved
3. new state governments formed

Question 8

charters were abandoned in the US and replaced by _______

Answer 8

state constitutions

Question 9

two colonies that only made minor alterations to their charters and called it their constitution

Answer 9

Rhode Island and Connecticut

Question 10

only colony of the 13 original colonies that submitted their constitution to the people for ratification before adoption

Answer 10

Massachusetts (masses)

Question 11

two-house legislature

Answer 11

bicameral

Question 12

proposed and led with the Articles of Confederation

Answer 12

John Dickinson

Question 13

governing document for the colonies during the War for Independence

Answer 13

Articles of Confederation

Question 14

Articles of Confederation ratified in ______

Answer 14

1777

Question 15

form of government established by the Articles of Confederation

Answer 15

confederacy

Question 16

means “a firm league of friendship” (probably know this because it could be bonus)

Answer 16

confederacy

Question 17

true or false: state governments were below the central government

Answer 17

false (state governments hold more power in local stuff than central government)

Question 18

problems with the Articles of Confederation

Answer 18

1. 9 of the 13 colonies had to approve any decision that was made
2. no executive or judicial branch; only had 1 branch
3. no power to tax

Question 19

form of government before the War for Independence

Answer 19

charters

Question 20

land that included modern-day Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan; not technically colonies

Answer 20

Northwest Territory

Question 21

_______ divided the Northwest Territory into townships

Answer 21

Land Ordinance of 1785

Question 22

basis for modern counties

Answer 22

townships

Question 23

gave opportunities for self-government and the ability to join America as their population increased

Answer 23

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Question 24

protest of unpaid Patriot soldiers who rebelled against the government

Answer 24

Shays’s Rebellion (led by Daniel Shays)

Question 25

years under the Articles of Confederation were called ________

Answer 25

the Critical Period

Question 26

meeting where state representatives met to work out navigation rights between Maryland and Virginia concerning the Potomac

Answer 26

Mt. Vernon Conference (successful)

Question 27

meeting in Maryland in 1786 to revise the Articles of Confederation (Alexander Hamilton and James Madison)

Answer 27

Annapolis Convention (failed)

Question 28

meeting held in 1787 with 55 delegates at Independence Hall

Answer 28

Constitutional Convention

Question 29

two most famous delegates at the Constitutional Convention

Answer 29

Ben Franklin and George Washington

Question 30

oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention

Answer 30

Ben Franklin

Question 31

most important delegate at the Const. Convention

Answer 31

James Madison

Question 32

nickname for James Madison

Answer 32

"Father of the Constitution"

Question 33

youngest delegate to attend the Const. Convention at 26

Answer 33

Jonathan Dayton

Question 34

location of the Const. Convention

Answer 34

Independence Hall (Philadelphia)

Question 35

date of the start of the Const. Convention

Answer 35

May 25, 1787

Question 36

the delegates decided to create a new Constitution and discard the Articles

Answer 36

Great Decision

Question 37

the government was ______

Answer 37

federal and republican

Question 38

plan that proposed a bicameral legislature with representation based on population

Answer 38

Virginia Plan

Question 39

the Virginia Plan was proposed by ______

Answer 39

Edmund Randolph

Question 40

plan that proposed a unicameral legislature with equal representation for all states

Answer 40

New Jersey Plan

Question 41

the New Jersey Plan was proposed by _______

Answer 41

William Paterson

Question 42

plan that proposed a bicameral legislature with the upper house based on equal representation and the lower house based on population

Answer 42

Connecticut Compromise (or Connecticut Plan; "Great Compromise")

Question 43

"solved" the problem of slave population and representation

Answer 43

Three-fifths Compromise

Question 44

compromise that granted Congress the power to regulate commerce with certain conditions (no export tariff/no slave regulation)

Answer 44

Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise

Question 45

taxes on imported goods

Answer 45

tariffs

Question 46

system of voting for the president through representatives

Answer 46

electoral college

Question 47

______ supported the Constitution

Answer 47

Federalists

Question 48

_______ opposed the Constitution

Answer 48

Anti-Federalists

Question 49

reasons people opposed the Constitution

Answer 49

1. too much power taken from the states 2. no "Bill of Rights" to defend the rights of the people

Question 50

first state to ratify the Constitution

Answer 50

Delaware ("The First State")

Question 51

ninth state to ratify the Constitution, which put the Constitution into force

Answer 51

New Hampshire (1788)

Question 52

last state to ratify the Constitution

Answer 52

Rhode Island (1790)

Question 53

first president

Answer 53

George Washington

Question 54

series of essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay that simplified the Constitution for the average American citizen

Answer 54

the Federalist Papers