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Grade By Name/Date

Domain 1

Unit 2 – Creating The American Republic

Chapter 5 – Creating A Constitution (1781-1789)

Section 1 – A Confederation of States

Section 2 – Drafting the Constitution

Section 3 – Ratifying the Constitution

Matching Directions:Place the letter of the correct term from the word bank with the description that best matches. For any term that is NOT used, write a brief definition on a separate sheet of paper.

republic

Articles of Confederation

John Dickinson

federal

Northwest Territory

Land Ordinance of 1785

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Shays’ Rebellion

Virginia Plan

Three-Fifths Compromise

Great Compromise

James Madison

New Jersey Plan

Alexander Hamilton

ratification

The Federalist

John Jay

Bill of Rights

popular sovereignty

limited government

checks and balances

electoral college

Antifederalists

separation of powers

  1. statesman who led the Continental Congress in drafting the original constitution

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  1. farmers’ uprising in protest of high taxes, foreclosures, and debt penalties

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  1. a government in which officials are elected by the people

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  1. a system for distributing public lands

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  1. the first constitution of the United States

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  1. a plan for government of land north of the Ohio River and west of Pennsylvania to the Mississippi River

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  1. conservative who supported a government modeled after the British constitution

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  1. argued in favor of a republican form of government with a system of checks and balances and proposed the Virginia Plan

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  1. divided power among three branches of government and provided for a bicameral legislature and a strong President

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  1. proposed a government with a unicameral legislature and an executive committee; favored strong state governments

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  1. provided for a bicameral legislature in which the number of representatives in the House would be based on a state’s population and the number of representatives in the Senate would be equal for all states

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  1. each enslaved person was counted as only a fraction of a person for the purposes of representation and taxation.

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  1. the first ten amendments to the Constitution

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  1. official approval

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  1. a system in which different branches of government limit one another’s power

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  1. a system in which government power comes from the people

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  1. the rule of law

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  1. a series of essays defending the new Constitution

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Matching Directions:Place the letter of the correct term from the word bank with the description that best matches.For any term that is NOT used, write a brief definition on a separate sheet of paper.

  1. Representation for the common people favored _____.

  1. a unicameral legislature
  2. a bicameral legislature
  3. a strong governor
  4. no governor

  1. Most state constitutions guaranteed _____.
  1. the tyranny of the majority
  2. universal suffrage
  3. freedom of religion
  4. the dominance of a state church
  1. What type of government did the Articles of Confederation create? _____
  1. a strong, centralized government
  2. an alliance of weak and dependent states
  3. a loose confederation of strong state governments
  4. a federal system with a bicameral legislature and a President
  1. Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation? _____
  1. Congress did not require a majority vote to pass laws.
  2. Congress allowed large states to have multiple votes.
  3. Congress could not levy or collect taxes from the states.
  4. Congress had the power to regulate interstate commerce and foreign trade.
  1. What was accomplished at the Constitutional Convention in 1787? _____
  1. The U.S. Constitution was written.
  2. The U.S. Constitution was amended.
  3. The Articles of Confederation were written.
  4. The Articles of Confederation were amended.
  1. Critics of the Virginia Plan worried that _____.
  1. a federal court system was needed to review laws
  2. a bicameral legislature would give small states too much influence
  3. a strong President would gain kinglike power
  4. a unicameral legislature would give too much power to the common people
  1. Which of the following describes federalism? _____
  1. State governments dominate a weak national legislature.
  2. State and national governments share power.
  3. A strong executive directs national policy for dependent states.
  4. A strong national legislature gives equal voice to all citizens.
  1. The Three-Fifths Compromise _____.
  1. abolished slavery in the North
  2. outlawed the slave trade while allowing slavery to continue in the South
  3. guaranteed the freedom of any enslaved person who moved to the North
  4. required all states to return fugitive slaves to their owners
  1. What did the Federalists want the Constitution to provide? _____
  1. a bill of rights protecting basic liberties
  2. a strong central government
  3. unlimited power for state governments
  4. citizens’ conventions
  1. Antifederalists criticized the Constitution as _____.
  1. concentrating too much power in the hands of a few
  2. granting too much power to the states
  3. weakening the national government by guaranteeing civil liberties
  4. containing too many checks and balances
  1. Which of the following was a prominent Federalist? ______
  1. Samuel Adams
  2. Patrick Henry
  3. Richard Henry Lee
  4. James Madison
  1. To win support for the Constitution, Federalists promised to add _____.
  1. the abolition of slavery
  2. the popular election of the President
  3. a strong federal judiciary
  4. a bill of rights