Unit 2 Vocab 1 Quiz

First US Government created after Declaration of Independence. WEAK. Could not tax, raise an army. Shays' Rebellion showed its weakness

• US Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• The Federalist Papers

This law allowed the US to survey and sell western lands. It established townships and public education funding.

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Land Ordinance of 1785

The law created the framework for governing the Ohio (and other) territories. Set procedures for the path to statehood, banned slavery there, and create a North/South slavery division.

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• US Constitution

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• The Federalist Papers

This uprising in Massachusetts by farmers protested debt and taxes; highlighted the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation because the government struggled to put it down.

• American Revolutionary War

• King Philip's War

• Shays' Rebellion

• Bacon's Rebellion

The agreement at the Constitutional Convention that created a bicameral legislature balancing representation in the House of Representatives and state equality in the Senate.

• Great Compromise

• 3/5ths Compromise

• National Bank

• Declaration of Independence

Ratified in 1789, it established the new framework for the US government. Created three branches of government with checks and balances.

• Articles of Confederation

• Mayflower Compact

• House of Burgesses

• US Constitution

Constitutional agreement counting enslaved people as a % for the purposes of representation and taxation.

• Great Compromise

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• 3/5ths Compromise

Opponents of the 1787 US Constitution because they feared it gave too much power to the federal government. They demanded a Bill of Rights.

• Federalists

• Shays' Rebellion

• Anti-Federalists

• Executive Branch Cabinet

Supporters of the 1787 Constitution who advocated for a stronger federal government to ensure national stability. Wrote a series of essays to persuade people to ratify the Constitution.

• Anti-Federalists

• Sons of Liberty

• Federalists

• Executive Branch Cabinet

Formal approval process of the Constitution and Amendments. The Constitution required 9 states to pass (3/4ths of states). Still 3/4ths today to change it.

• Ratificaiton

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• Bill of Rights

• The Federalist Papers