3-7
This Ordinance offered land for $1 an acre
Land Ordinance of 1785
What branches did Madison’s plan divide congress into?
Senate and the House of Representatives
Who became the clear choice for president at age 57?
George Washington
What the presidents mansion was replaced with
The White House
Who was appointed to travel to find the promised acre
George Washington
Who did America look to find financial solutions?
Robert Morris
What plan took sovereignty away from the states and more for the national government?
Madison’s Virginia Plan
Which party cleaned house in the first election
Federalists
This was dubbed by Thomas Jefferson as the Revolution of 1800
Election of 1800
This 1787 agreement resolved how enslaved people would be counted for both taxation and representation in Congress
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
What were the articles of confederation referred to as?
A loose union in which each state retained its own sovereignty freedom and independence
This term found ways to appease both the larger and smaller states
Great Compromise
How many amendments did James Madison submit to the Constitution
19
Believed that education was extremely important and advocated for it to be free
Noah Webster
Passed in 1890, this was the first federal law aimed at breaking up monopolies, but early courts often used it against labor unions instead.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
What ordinance created territories that would become Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin?
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
This allowed slave owners to reclaim runaway slaves
What act created federal district courts in each state and three circuit courts above them
Judiciary Act of 1789
First state to demand free education
Massachusetts
Public outrage over Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle helped push Congress to pass this 1906 law regulating food and drugs.
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?