A More Perfect Union Study Guide

A More Perfect Union Study Guide

7th grade Social Studies

A More Perfect Union Study Guide

A study guide tells you what will be on the test and helps you prepare and study. This is also a required assignment and is due on the due date above. Please write you answers neatly on a separate sheet of paper.

  1. What was the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance?
  2. How many states were needed in order to approve the Articles of Confederation?
  3. Describe the group of people who attended the Constitutional Convention. Who was the presiding officer?
  4. What is the Supreme Law of the Land?
  5. How did the Enlightenment influence the creation of the Constitution?
  6. Describe what is meant by a “firm league of friendship”. What document is the quotation from?
  7. What caused Shay’s Rebellion?
  8. What natural rights did John Locke believe that every person had a right to have?
  9. What are the term limits for President, Vice President, Senator, Legislator, and Supreme Court Justice?
  10. How many years is the term for the following:President, Vice President, Senator, Legislator, and Supreme Court Justice?
  11. What is the role of the executive, legislative and judicial branches?
  12. Create a Venn diagram or t-chart for federalism. List at least 5 items in each category.
  13. What were George Mason’s beliefs concerning the Bill of Rights?
  14. What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
  15. How was the Constitutional Convention organized?
  16. What were the differences between the North and South over slavery?
  17. After the American Revolution, what groups of people were allowed to vote?
  18. Create a Venn diagram or t-chart for Anti-Federalist & Federalists. List at least 5 items in each category.
  19. Define the following terms: manumission, bicameral, depreciate, the Court’s opinion, concurrent powers, enumerated powers, implied powers, reserved powers, veto power.
  20. Describe in detail the Great Compromise. Who proposed the Great Compromise?
  21. Describe in detail the Virginia Plan. Who proposed the Virginia Plan?
  22. What are checks and balances? Provide two examples?
  23. What are the key principles of the Constitution? How many are there?
  24. Explain the process of amending the Constitution.
  25. Describe the process of Naturalization.
  26. What are the first three words to the Constriction?
  27. Does one branch of government have more power than the others?
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