Most States Set up Two House, Or ______Legislatures to ______The Work of Government Even

Lesson 1

The ______power was limited by the constitutions adopted by the thirteen original states of the United States.

Most states set up two house, or ______legislatures to ______the work of government even further.

The purpose of setting up two-house state legislatures wasto ______power within the legislature

People agreed that the new country should be a ______, a government in which citizens rule through elected ______.

The Articles of Confederation gave the congress the power to

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The writers of the Articles of Confederation did not establish a procedure for______

Under the Articles of Confederation each state had ______vote, regardless of population.

The Ordinance of 1785 set up a process to survey and sell land north of the ______

The ______territory was established in 1787, consisted of the area north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River.

A territory could apply for ______when it reached 60,000 residents.

Robert Morrisproposed a tax on ______to help pay the national debt.

The Confederation had a difficult time with the government of ______because they closed the lower Mississippi to American shipping.

Define the following words:

ORDINANCE:

DEPRECIATE:

Lesson 2

During a period of depression in a country ______increases.

The cause of Shays’s Rebellion was a policy of seizing famers’ ______to pay their ______.

______were a major source of labor in Southern states and a key part of the southern economy.

In September 1786 ______called for the Constitutional Convention to be held to discuss trade issues.

Name 3 issues that caused leaders to recognize the need for a constitution.

______is often called the “Father of the Constitution”.

The delegates chose ______to lead the meetings.

The ______plan, created a government with three branches of government, a two-house legislature and called for a ______chosen by the legislature, and a court system.

At the Constitutional Convention, the New Jersey Plan called for a one-house ______

The Great Compromise solved the issue of ______in the legislature.

The Three-Fifths Compromise was made to keep ______states in the Union.

The process to approve the Constitution required approval by ______of the ______states.

Why did some delegates believe a bill of rights was necessary?

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Define the following word:

Compromise:

Why did most Americans in 1776 want a weak central government?They wanted each state to remain free to act independently on most issues, with the states relying on a central government only to wage war and handle relations with other countries.