7th Grade Exam 2

A plan developed by Congress for a national government over all the states.

• Articles of Confederation

• Confederation

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• Ordinance

Loose union of states with equal powers.

• Great Compromise

• Confederation

• Civil War

• Philadelphia Convention

Paved the way for territories to become states.

• House of Representatives

• Framers

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• Senate

Order or law made by a government.

• Civil War

• Shays’ Rebellion

• Three-fifths Clause

• Ordinance

A rebellion led by Daniel Shays in Massachusetts in 1786 with over 1000 angry farmers.

• Shays’ Rebellion

• Great Compromise

• Abolish

• Philadelphia Convention

Someone whom you trust to represent your interests.

• Senate

• Delegate

• Framers

• House of Representatives

The delegates to the Philadelphia Convention who framed the U.S. Constitution.

• Framers

• Articles of Confederation

• Slave Trade

• Confederation

The meeting held in 1787 at which the U.S. Constitution was written.

• Civil War

• Philadelphia Convention

• Ordinance

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

The plan the delegates accepted for representation in Congress.

• Great Compromise

• Three-fifths Clause

• House of Representatives

• Articles of Confederation

The number of representatives is based on population.

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Confederation

• Delegate