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