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The Articles of Confederation
The New Nation Faces Challenges
Creating the Constitution
Ratifying the Constitution
100

The Articles of Confederation were sent to each state for _________________, or offical approval 

Ratification

100

A period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment is called a

Depression

100

Revolutionary War hero who was named president of the Constitutional Convention

George Washington

100

How many amendments were included in the Bill of Rights

10

200

How many branches of government did the Articles of Confederation create for the National Government?

One (single branch)- Legislative Branch (Congress)

200

Britian forced American merchants to pay high _____________, or taxes on imports/exports.

Tariffs

200

Under this compromise, how much of the state's slave population would count when determining representation?

Three-Fifths

200

People who supported the Constitution were referred to as:

Federalists

300
A system that was set up for surveying and dividing Western lands was called

Land Ordinance of 1785

300

The Confederation Congress had no power to regulate __________, trade between two or more states.

Interstate Commerce

300

The Constitutional Convention took place where and in what year?

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania- Independence Hall, 1787

300

Antifederalist who was mainly concerned that the Constitution did not protect individual rights and freedoms

George Mason

400

In 1787, this motion established the area which included modern-day Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. 

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

400

Shays's Rebellion took place outside of the Supreme Court of which state? 

Massachusettes

400

The idea that political authority belongs to the people is called

Popular Sovereignty

400

Name the 3 authors of the Federalist Papers

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay

500
What were the two requirements that a territory needed to meet before becoming an official state of the Union? 

- Population must reach 60,000 people

-Territory must write a state constitution

500

Immediately after the Revolutionary War, which state became the most infamous for printing large amounts of worthless paper money? 

Rhode Island

500

This plan called for a one-house legislature and wanted each state to have an equal number of votes/representatives in Congress

New Jersey Plan

500

When did the Constitution finally go into effect? (Year)

September 1789