Chapter 3: Section 1-2 Vocab Review

a law, usually of a city or country A. constitution B. ordinance C. Great Compromise D. confederation E. ratify

meetings of state delegates in 1787 leading to adoption of a new Constitution A. Northwest Ordinance B. Three-Fifths Compromise C. Constitutional Convention D. Ordinance of 1785

an uprising of Massachusetts farmers who did not want to lose their farms because of debt caused by heavy state taxes A. Electoral College B. bicameral C. Articles of Confederation D. Shay’s Rebellion

a supporter of the Constitution A. anti-federalists B. federalism C. Federalist Papers D. federalists

1878 law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory and a plan for admitting new states to the union A. Northwest Ordinance B. Three-Fifths Compromise C. Constitutional Convention D. Ordinance of 1785

a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president A. Electoral College B. bicameral C. Articles of Confederation D. Shay’s Rebellion

a series of essays written to defend the Constitution A. anti-federalists B. federalism C. Federalist Papers D. federalists

to vote the approval of A. constitution B. ordinance C. Great Compromise D. confederation E. ratify

agreement providing that enslaved persons would count as three-fifths of other persons in determining representation in Congress A. Northwest Ordinance B. Three-Fifths Compromise C. Constitutional Convention D. Ordinance of 1785

a legislature consisting of two parts or houses A. Electoral College B. bicameral C. Articles of Confederation D. Shay’s Rebellion

a person who opposed ratification of the Constitution A. anti-federalists B. federalism C. Federalist Papers D. federalists

a group of individuals or state governments A. constitution B. ordinance C. Great Compromise D. confederation E. ratify

a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states A. anti-federalists B. federalism C. Federalist Papers D. federalists

a detailed, written plan for government A. constitution B. ordinance C. Great Compromise D. confederation E. ratify

a law that set up a plan for surveying western lands A. Northwest Ordinance B. Three-Fifths Compromise C. Constitutional Convention D. Ordinance of 1785

the first constitution of the United States A. Electoral College B. bicameral C. Articles of Confederation D. Shay’s Rebellion

agreement providing a dual system of congressional representation A. constitution B. ordinance C. Great Compromise D. confederation E. ratify

a detailed, written plan for government A. constitution B. ordinance C. Great Compromise D. confederation E. ratify

a law that set up a plan for surveying western lands A. Northwest Ordinance B. Three-Fifths Compromise C. Constitutional Convention D. Ordinance of 1785

the first constitution of the United States A. Electoral College B. bicameral C. Articles of Confederation D. Shay’s Rebellion

a law, usually of a city or country A. constitution B. ordinance C. Great Compromise D. confederation E. ratify

1878 law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory and a plan for admitting new states to the union A. Northwest Ordinance B. Three-Fifths Compromise C. Constitutional Convention D. Ordinance of 1785

to vote the approval of A. constitution B. ordinance C. Great Compromise D. confederation E. ratify

a legislature consisting of two parts or houses A. Electoral College B. bicameral C. Articles of Confederation D. Shay’s Rebellion

a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states A. anti-federalists B. federalism C. Federalist Papers D. federalists

agreement providing a dual system of congressional representation A. constitution B. ordinance C. Great Compromise D. confederation E. ratify

a person who opposed ratification of the Constitution A. anti-federalists B. federalism C. Federalist Papers D. federalists

a group of individuals or state governments A. constitution B. ordinance C. Great Compromise D. confederation E. ratify

agreement providing that enslaved persons would count as three-fifths of other persons in determining representation in Congress A. Northwest Ordinance B. Three-Fifths Compromise C. Constitutional Convention D. Ordinance of 1785

a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president A. Electoral College B. bicameral C. Articles of Confederation D. Shay’s Rebellion

a series of essays written to defend the Constitution A. anti-federalists B. federalism C. Federalist Papers D. federalists

meetings of state delegates in 1787 leading to adoption of a new Constitution A. Northwest Ordinance B. Three-Fifths Compromise C. Constitutional Convention D. Ordinance of 1785

an uprising of Massachusetts farmers who did not want to lose their farms because of debt caused by heavy state taxes A. Electoral College B. bicameral C. Articles of Confederation D. Shay’s Rebellion

a supporter of the Constitution A. anti-federalists B. federalism C. Federalist Papers D. federalists