Chapter 7 American Republic Study guide

Match the following

• census

• a charge or tax on imported goods

• ratification

• stockpiling goods temporarily at a location

• township

• section of land that is 6 miles square

• right of deposit

• counting the population every 10 years

• tariff

• to formally approval a document

Match the following

• The Federalist Papers

• writings that were trying to persuade states to ratify the Constitution

• Northwest Ordinance of 1785

• organized the sales of western lands

• Articles of Confederation

• explained hos new states could be added to the US

• Bill of Rights

• guaranteed rights that were added to the Constitution

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• plan that created a unicameral legislature to govern the nation

Match the following

• 3/5 Compromise

• plan supported by smaller states by giving them equal representation

• The Great Compromise

• plan that merged the 2 plans together

• New Jersey Plan

• plan supported larger states by basing representation on population

• Virginia Plan

• determined how slaves would be counted for both representation and taxes

The Constitutional Convention was held in ​ (a)   ​ (b)   at ​ (c)  

• Phildelphia
• Pennsylvania
• Independence Hall

Match the following

• Continental Congress

• 1st US form of government used during the Revolutionary War

• Articles of Confederation

• Final US form of government created in 1791 and still in use today

• the Constitution

• 2nd US form of government implemented just before the war ended

Match the following

• James Madison

• Oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention

• Alexander Hamilton

• Chairman or president of the Constitutional Convention

• George Washington

• negotiated a treaty with Spain

  was also a delegate at the Constitutional Convention

• John Jay

• delegate at the Constitutional Convention who supported a strong national government

• Benjamin Franklin

• The Father of the US Constitution

Supporters of the Constitution were called ​ (a)   while those that were opposed to it were called ​ (b)  

• Federalists
• Anti-Federalists

Match the following

• electoral college

• a system of government where the people elect representatives to make decisions for them

• Preamble

• loose association of states who are independent of a national government

• republic

• officially elects the president

• confederation

• the first paragraph of the US Constitution

The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to create a new Constitution

• True

• False

The discussions and debate at the Constitutional Convention were kept a secret

• True

• False