Ch. 8 TEST REVIEW

1. Ch. 8TESTREVIEW

2. I set up a system for the selling of Western land? • Land Ordinance of 1785

3. • it created a House of Representatives that would be based on state populations.• it created a Senate in which each state would have an equal number of votes. • The Connecticut Compromise AKA: The Great Compromise

4. Put in the proper order that these events happened Virginia PlanThe Great CompromiseAnnapolis ConventionNew Jersey PlanAmend or replace the ArticlesConstitutional Convention • Annapolis Convention • Amend or replace the Articles? • Constitutional Convention • Virginia Plan • New Jersey Plan • The Great Compromise (aka: the Connecticut Compromise)

5. • equal representation in one legislative house.• representation to be based on state population in the other legislative house… what was the solution? • The Great Compromise

6. The Connecticutt Compromise (or Great Compromise) settled the issue of representation in the legislature by creating: •creating a House of Representatives that would be based on state populations (the Virginia Plan). • creating a Senate in which each state would have an equal number of votes (the New Jersey Plan).

7. My plan gave each state an equal vote in Congress… who am I? • The New Jersey Plan

8. Why did most state constitutions create separate branches of government? • It helped prevent those branches from becoming too powerful…

9. What event created by excessive taxation helped create a new Constitution and a stronger central government? • Shays’s Rebellion

10. What were the 3 main issues that affected the Western Territories between 1775 and 1787? • who would control the Western Territories • *(remember the Small States and the A of C) • how to divide and sell the land • how to govern the Western Territories

11. Under the Articles of Confederation, who was given the most important powers? The States

12. Under The Articles of Confederation, the National Government had the power to:- wage war- make peace- issue money- … and????? … make treaties

13. In what way did the state governments, created by the new state constitutions, actually help change national politics? they helped provide a solid foundation for the U.S. Constitution

14. • I outlined when the territories could govern themselves.• I established settlers' rights.• I set a pattern for the orderly growth of the United States. the Northwest Ordinance

15. Massachusetts farmers protesting their farms being seized to pay their debts… led to? Shays’s Rebellion

16. Under The Articles of Confederation, the National Government had the power to:- make treaties- make peace- issue money- … and????? … wage war

17. Because of me, slavery was banned in the Ohio Valley… who am I? the Northwest Ordinance

18. Under the new Constitution, who had the power to regulate trade(commerce)? Congress

19. What was the compromise that was made over slavery? 3/5 Compromise

20. • Slaves would be counted as ________ of a person for representation in Congress.• Slaves would be counted as ________ of a person for taxation.• The importation of slaves could not be restricted until 1808. 3/5 Compromise

21. -- The legislature would have one (1) house…-- Each state would have one (1) vote in the legislature… New Jersey Plan

22. -- I helped write theVirginia Plan… -- I co-wrote the Federalist Papers -- I wrote the Bill of Rights • James Madison

23. • I am known as the “Father of the Constitution” James Madison

24. We met in September of 1786 to discuss trade regulation among the states, and possibly amending the Articles of Confederation….. and only 5 states showed up…?? Annapolis Convention

25. What was the catalystevent that brought 12 of the 13 state’s delegates together in Philadelphia for a Constitutional Convention? • Shays’s Rebellion

26. * StatesorCentral Government?Under the new Constitution:- regulate trade between states- collect taxes from the states- make laws “in all cases where the separate states are incompetent” (unable) • The Central Government

27. During the Constitutional Convention, I called for a two-house legislature… …..who am I? • the Virginia Plan

28. The Connecticut Compromise (aka: the Great Compromise) established a ____ house legislature… • two-house

29. I called for representation in the national legislature to be based on state population. • the Virginia Plan

30. • equal representation in one legislative house.• representation to be based on state population in the other legislative house.• slaves to be counted for both taxation and representation • The Great Compromise • (aka: the Connecticut Compromise)

31. We LARGERstates supported this plan: • the Virginia Plan

32. I was an interpretation of the Constitution so that the people could understand and support it. • the Federalist Papers

33. We wanted the legislative branch of government to have more power than the executive branch… • Anti-Federalists

34. We favored dividing powers among different branches of government. • the Federalists

35. Thomas Jefferson’s “Statute for Religious Freedom” became the basis for the ____ Amendment… • First– • (Freedom of Religion)

36. Patrick Henry and George Mason both opposed ratification of the Constitution… because? • It didn’t contain a ‘Bill of Rights’

38. TEST Tomorrow! ( Meet atE-5 )