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Chapter 5 Forming A Government
Short Answer
1. The Magna Carta inspired the founders of American government to______.
2. Thomas Jefferson's Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom declared that
3. The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom was one of the earliest expressions of which basic principle of American government?
4. The Second Continental Congress sent the Articles of Confederation to each state for ratification, which means that every state had to ______.
5. Ratification of the Articles of Confederation was slowed down by conflicts over the______.
6. As drafted by the Second Continental Congress the Articles of Confederation established the
7. Why did Congress decide to pass the Land Ordinance of 1785, which divided western lands into townships?
8. How did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 affect the practice of slavery in the Northwest Territory?
9. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 established which procedure?
10. The Articles of Confederation made it difficult for Congress to protect the nation against foreign threats by______.
11. Which of the following statements best summarizes the trade relationship between Britain and America in the late 1700s?
12. In 1784, officials from which country closed the lower Mississippi, which the United States utilized to ship goods to eastern markets?
13. The states contributed to rising inflation following the Revolutionary War by______.
14. What is interstate commerce?
15. What were Daniel Shays and his men protesting?
16. Why did Shays’s Rebellion target the Massachusetts Supreme Court?
17. The Annapolis Convention of 1786 failed to answer the needs of the nation because
18. The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention held in May 1787 in Philadelphia's Independence Hall was to______. 19. Which of these important figures attended the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia?
20. Women, African Americans, and Native Americans did not take part in the Constitutional Convention because they______.
21. Under the Virginia Plan the structure of the national government would have been changed by the creation of a/an______.
22. The Three-Fifths Compromise did what?
23. Many delegates from the southern states threatened to leave the Union if the Constitution did what?
24. What did the Commerce Compromises decide about the slave trade?
25. The framers of the Constitution created a system of checks and balances to do what?
26. The framers of the Constitution granted legislative power to the______.
27. What is federalism?
28. What problem did Antifederalists have with the Constitution?
29. What position did Federalists hold toward the new constitution?
30. What arguments were used by James Madison in the Federalist Papers?
31. What is the Bill of Rights?
32. Some Federalists opposed the idea of a bill of rights because they thought______.
33. An amendment to the Constitution is a/an______.
34. In the late 1700's, the United States experienced a low economic period with high unemployment know as a
35. After Shays’s rebellion, many Americans began to call for what?
36. To stop larger states from gaining too much power in the federal government, William Paterson proposed what plan?
37. Which of the following was not created from the Northwest Territory?
38. Why did American merchants raise prices on their goods sold to Britain after the Revolution?
39. What were the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
40. Who served as President of the Constitutional Convention?
41. Which of the following was an Antifederalist?
42. Which of the following was a Federalist? 43. Who wrote Observations on the New Constitution!
44. On what date was the final draft of the Constitution signed?
45. Who were the famous Antifederalists?
46. How many states had to ratify the new Constitution?
47. Which article of the Constitution allows the document to be changed?
48. What are the requirements to change the Constitution?
49. What was Congress' first official act under the new Constitution?
50. How many amendments were added to the Constitution in its first year of law?
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