Module 5 A New Nation

Organize these options into the right branch of government

Groups:

(a) Legislative Branch

,

(b) Executive Branch

,

(c) Judicial Branch

• Supreme Court

• Vice President

• enforce laws

• other federal courts

• President

• make laws

• bicameral

• Justices

• Senate

• examine and interpret laws

• Cabinet of Secretaries

• House of Representatives

What did Daniel Shays and his men protest in 1786?

• not receiving military pay

• high taxes and heavy debts

• an unjust court system

• Massachusetts government for not printing money

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) New Jersey Plan

,

(b) Virginia Plan

• representation based on population

• bicameral legislature

• equal representation

• unicameral legislature

• large state plan

• small state plan

Which ideas were used in the Great Compromise?

(put answers in alphabetical order from top to bottom)

b

d

e

more power to central government

unicameral legislature

bicameral legislature

more power to state government

representation based on population

equal representation

​ (a)   opposed the Constitution because it did not have a section protecting individual rights.

• George Mason
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• Alexander Hamilton

Match the following

• basic principles and laws of government

• amendment

• official change to a document

• constitution

• voting rights

• suffrage

• accountability of government branches

• checks and balances

• official approval

• ratify

First official changes to the Constitution created to protect the rights of citizens

Which state refused to ratify the Articles of Confederation because of issues with western lands?

How did the Land Ordinance of 1785 settle issues over western land?

(put answers in alphabetical order from top to bottom)

e

g

h

c

provided land for war veterans/soldiers

divided land into townships

settlers must create a government

land was set aside for education

sold sections of land to pay for the war

outlawed slavery

allows a territory to become a state

60,000 people must live in the area

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Federalists

,

(b) Anti-federalists

• supports the Constitution

• Constitution is a bill or rights

• strong state government

• George Mason

• needs bill of rights

• strong central government

• Alexander Hamilton

• opposes the Constitution