Vocabulary
A list of freedoms within the U.S. Constitution that the government promises to protect. This also happens to be the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
Bill of Rights.
This man led a 1786 revolt of 1000 plus farmers who attacked courthouses and prevented government officials from taking lands people could not afford to pay off.
Daniel Shays.
Which state did not send representatives to the Constitutional Convention in 1787?
Rhode Island.
The first Constitution of the United States, passed in 1777, which created a loose alliance of thirteen independent states.
Articles of Confederation.
A document that sets out the laws, principles, organization, and processes of a government.
Constitution.
a 1787 law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory.
Northwest Ordinance.
This man was unanimously chosen by the delegates at the Constitutional Convention to be the leader of the Convention.
George Washington.
Virginia Plan.
The Articles of Confederation came secondary to securing victory in this conflict for America.
The American Revolutionary War.
What five states were created as a result of the Northwest Ordinance?
Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin.
To put private individuals or companies in charge of something.
Privatize.
This Pennsylvania delegate edited the final draft of the United States Constitution and wrote the Preamble.
Gouverneur Morris.
A plan that called for three branches of government but called for a single house legislature based upon equal representation with 1 vote per state.
New Jersey Plan.
The Articles of Confederation did not have a federal executive branch of government which was missing this person to execute the laws of the country.
The President of the United States,
From what people did Americans who settled in the Northwest Territory take land.
American Indians.
A settlement or peaceful solution in which each side gives up some of its demands in order to reach an agreement or peaceful solution.
Compromise.
This man was known as "the Father" of the Constitutional Convention and had great ideas on how to structure a democratic government.
James Madison.
Three fifths of enslaved residents in any state would be counted into it's population.
Three Fifths Compromise.
Most people in America under the Articles of Confederation felt most loyal to who?
their own state.
While the United States was expanding, what was the process to be eligible to apply to be a state?
Once a territory reached 60,000 free white settlers.
A period when business activity slows, prices and wages fall, and unemployment rises.
Depression.
This man constructed the Great Compromise in order to build a two house legislature to benefit both bigger states and smaller states.
Roger Sherman.
A plan at the Constitutional Convention that settled the differences between large and small states.
The Great Compromise.
This was the last state to ratify (or approve) the Articles of Confederation in 1781.
Maryland.
What was more successful? The Articles of Confederation or the United States Constitution?
The United States Constitution.