U.S. History - Chapter 5 Review

• List three characteristics of early national government: 1. gave power to the states, 2. it had a unicameral legislature, 3. no executive branch
• What is a bicameral legislature?

  A law-making body that has two houses known as the House of Representatives and the Senate.
• Define a republic?

  People get to choose their own government.
• List the six weakness in the Articles of Confederation:

  1. No bill of rights
  2. no executive branch
  3. weak federal govenment
  4. couldn't raise taxes
  5. gave too much power to the states
  6. 9 out of the 13 states was needed to pass a law
• What was the Land Ordinance of 1787?

  A plan to dispense and distribute public land in the Northwest Territory.
• How many men does a territory need to be considered for admission into the Union?

  10,000
• What treaty ended the American Revolution?

  The Treaty of Paris
• What event suggested that a stronger national government was needed?

  Shays' Rebellion
• What is a unicameral legislature?

  A law-making body that has one house and the people choose the representatives.
• What are the Articles of Confederation?

  The original document for governing the colonies.
• What is a federal government?

  A national government
• What are Federalists?

  People who supported the constitution getting ratified.
• What is an Antifederalists?

  People who were against the ratification of the constitution
• What is the rule of Law?

  no one is above the law
• What is a bicameral legislature?

  a law making body with 2 houses
• Why was the constitutional convention neccesary?

  to make a new constitution to govern the colonies.
• What is the Virginia Plan?

  James Madison wanted a stronger government that divided the power between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
• What is the New Jersey Plan?

  William Paterson wanted a unicameral legislature, giving each state one vote and keeping most of the Articles of Confederation.
• List the 3 branches of government and their functions: Executive Branch - execute the law, Judicial Branch - makes sure the laws are constitutional, Legislative Branch - makes the
• When was the constitution written?

  1787
• What are the first 10 ammendments called?

  The Bill of Right
• Who were the 6 people who were at the Constitutional Convention?

  James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, William Patterson, John Dickinson, George Mason
• Name 3 things they had in common?

  Rich, white, helped their state to write the constitution 
• How many states were needed to ratify the constitution?

  9