Constitution Ch. 7

What is the name for a change or addition to the Constitution?

• Federalism
• Amendment
• Ratification
• Veto

Which of these did not have an executive branch (President)?

• U.S. Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Both

What did the land ordinance of 1785 create?

• established trade routes to the west

• distributed land from Spain to America

• a way to divide lands into grid patterns to sell

• established roads going across the eastern states

What gave little power to the national government and much power to the states?

• The Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• Land Ordinance of 1785

Which term means 'approve or pass an amendment'?

• republican
• federalism
• execute
• ratify

What situation convinced many Americans that a stronger central government was needed?

• Shay's Rebellion

• Revolutionary War

• Political Parties

• Three-Fifths Compromise

The Land Ordinance of 1785 dealt with land

• between Ohio & MS River

• Borders of the states in the South

• in the Great Plains of the West

• in the Southeast portion of the U.S.

An agreement in which each side gives up something 

• compromise 
• paraphrasing 
• communication 
• monitor

a plan of government stating the rules under which a government will operate.

• constitution

• bicameral

• petition

• federalism

approve

• ratify
• amend
• republic
• petition