Constitutional Convention delegates voted to work toward a new national government based on the
What is the Virginia Plan?
100
Americans were ready to concentrate power in the hands of a single ruler.
What is False?
100
The branch of government that deals with the court system
What is the Judicial Branch?
100
Shays’s Rebellion forced courts to close so judges could not take away
What is farmers land?
200
a meeting of people
What is a convention?
200
Convention delegates broke the deadlock between large and small states when they approved
What is the Great Compromise?
200
Changes to the Articles had to be approved by a total of 13 states.
What is true?
200
The Americans formed a republic, a government in which citizens rule through
What are elected representatives?
200
The presence of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin guaranteed public trust in the
What is the Constitutional Convention
300
system that keeps any one branch of government from gaining too much power.
What are checks and balances?
300
The belief that all people have a right to life, liberty, and property was promoted by
Who is John Locke?
300
Independence War left the Continental Congress with a huge debt.
What is true?
300
The branch of the government that is headed by the president
What is executive branch?
300
The United States went through an economic ____________________ after the American Revolution.
What is a depression?
400
a condition added to a document
What is a clause?
400
Convention delegates agreed that the Constitution must be approved by how many states?
What is 9 states?
400
Under the Articles of Confederation, central government could carry out foreign affairs.
What is true
400
The states adopted constitutions that limited the power of the
What are governors?
400
Many white Southerners feared economic difficulties if ____________________ no longer existed.
What is slavery?
500
indirectly elects the president
What is the electoral college?
500
Those who opposed the Constitution feared the national government would
What is take away rights of the people?
500
By the end of 1776, all states had written their constitutions.
What is False?
500
Which state was the last to ratify the Constitution?
What is Rhode Island?
500
In order to keep the Southern states part of the nation, Northern states agreed to prevent Congress from interfering with the slave trade until ____________________.