Chapter 4 "Creating a New Government" Test Review

Vocab Pt 1

100

THIS is a piece of paper signed by a judge that gives the police permission to search a person's home for evidence of a crime.

Warrant

200

Tariff is another word for THIS.

Tax

300

THIS word means a large area of land.

Territory

400

THIS means to approve a law (officially).

Ratify

500

THIS is a plan that organizes and outlines the operations of a government.

Constitution

Vocab Pt 2

100

To accuse a person in public office of a serious crime and remove them from office, if convicted.

Impeach

200

The name for THESE men who designed and wrote the Constitution.

Framers

300

Official change(s) made to a law or legal document--The Bill of Rights are the first THESE to the Constitution.

Amendment

400

!!!!RANDOM QUESTION!!!!!

THIS date (Month and date) is the last day of school before Winter Break for Simley (lucky you!!).

December 21

500

An state in which businesses are struggling to stay open due to a poor economy and many people are out of work and poor.

Depression

The Articles of Confederation and its weaknesses

100

THESE had the majority of the power under the Articles of Confederation.

States/state governments

200

Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress could not do THIS which meant that the U.S. did not have a defense if they got into another war.

Raise an army.

300

Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress did not have the power to do THIS, which meant that they could pass laws but states didn't have to follow them.

Enforce laws

400

Often considered one success of the Articles of Confederation was the passage of the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787--which established the future of THIS.

Northwest Territory

500

Without trade or economic regulation, the government under the Articles of Confederation contributed to THIS problem between the states. 

Competition

The Constitution & The Bill of Rights

100

The number of branches in the U.S. Government, which is set up in the Constitution.

3

200

The names of the branches of government (articles I-III in the Constitution).

Executive

Legislative

Judicial

300

THIS amendment protects individuals' rights that are not already in the Constitution.

Ninth (9th)

400

The Constitution sets up how each state will be represented in each house of Congress. Which is...?

House of Representatives--> # of representatives is based on population

Senate --> each state has the SAME number of representatives

500

Fear that something, like THIS act, would take away their rights again, was the main reason many Americans wanted a Bill of Rights included in the U.S. Constitution.

Quartering Act

Miscellaneous

100

This part of the Constitution explains the purpose of the U.S. government and begins, "We the People..."

Preamble

200

The Framers decided to keep the Constitutional Convention meetings secret to avoid THIS until they were finished writing the Constitution.

They wanted to avoid the public misinterpreting what was being said at the meetings

300

The first plan for the Constitutional Convention was to make changes to the Articles of Confederation. However, soon after they met, the Framers decided to do THIS instead.

design an entirely NEW government system

400

The Constitution states that THIS will happen in 20 years, making enslaved people already in the U.S. more valuable.

The transatlantic slave trade will end, meaning enslaved people can't be brought to the U.S. from other countries.

500

Federalists (supporters of the Constitution), felt the Constitution did not need a Bill of Rights because of THESE that were already built into the Constitution.

Checks and Balances that limited the power of the government.