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Articles of Confederation and Expanding West
The Constitutional Convention
The Debate
Vocabulary
100
I came up with New Jersey's plan for the Constitutional Convention
Who is William Paterson?
100
The number of branches of government under the Articles
What is one?
100
The amount that a slave was worth in computing representation.
What is three-fifths a person?
100
We believe in a strong federal government
Who are Federalists?
100
To vote on and agree to adopt
What is to ratify?
200
the preamble was writen by me
Who is Gouveneur Morris?
200
It banned slavery in the Northwest territories
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
200
The plan that had one house of Congress with equal representation
What is the New Jersey Plan?
200
Name 2 of the 3 weaknesses that the Antifederalists argued
What are no bill of rights, weakening on states' rights, and unlimited elections for a president?
200
The branch in charge of carrying out the laws
What is the executive branch?
300
I started a rebellion in 1786
Who is Daniel Shays?
300
nine
What is the number of states that had to agree before a law could go into effect
300
The Virginia Plan called for a _________ to interpret laws
What is a judiciary?
300
My state became the 9th to ratify the Constitution and make it the law of the land
What is New Hampshire?
300
a document setting the rules on how a government should be run
What is a constitution?
400
I believed that the election of the legislature by the public was 'not only the cornerstone, but the foundation of the fabric'
Who was James Wilson?
400
the nation's leader believed that democracy depended on this
What is education?
400
According to the Three-Fifths Compromise, the ___________ of slaves could be banned after 1808
What is importation?
400
Congress passed ten of these to form what is called the Bill of Rights
What are amendments?
400
a document addd on to another
What is an amendment?
500
I took careful notes during the Constitutional Convention that are being used today for historical information
Who is James Madison?
500
Name 3 of the 5 states created by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
What are Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana?
500
According the the Great Compromise, members of the upper house would serve for ___________ years
What is six?
500
I stated 'There will be no no checks, no real balances, in the government.'
Who is Patrick Henry?
500
A period of time in which many people are not working and there is little buying/selling of goods
What is an economic depression?