Creating The Constitution Chapter 7 Mrs. Barber

Chapter 7 Section 1 Governing a New Nation: page What is a constitution? A ___________________________ that states the ____________ under which a ____________________ will operate. 2. What did the new state constitutions limit? They limited the ______________ of state _____________________. Power was given to _____________________________ elected by the ________________________________. 3. Who was allowed to vote in most states? ____________________ men who were ___________ or older. In most ____________________, they had to own ____________________. 4. What did some states pass to protect rights? States included a __________________ ________ _______________. This included freedom of the ______________, trial by _____________, barred _______________ and unusual punishments, and had______________ of religion. 5. What was the nation’s government called that the Continental Congress created in 1777? The Continental Congress created the __________________ ________ _____________________________. 6. How many branches did the Articles of Confederation have? There was __________________ branch, called ____________________. 7. Check mark the items the Articles of Confederation DID NOT have. power to pass/collect taxesexecutive branch power to enforce lawspower to regulate trade 9 out of 13 states had to agree to make a law 1.

Chapter 7 Section 1 Governing a New Nation: page How did the Articles of Confederation try to preserve the nations’ liberties? They provided for a _____________ central ________________. __________________ was in the hands of the ________________. Congress could not regulate _______________ or collect________. It had to ask the _________________ for ____________________. It depended on the __________________ to _________________ the laws. 9.Maryland was the last state to approve of the Articles of Confederation. What had to happen before they would agree to it? Virginia had to ____________ up claims to western ___________. 10. According to the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, what was banned in the Northwest Territory? The practice of _________________________. 11. What five states would be carved out of the Northwest Territory? The five states were: 12. What three economic problems did the Articles of Confederation create? States set up _______________, which discouraged ___________. They printed their own _________________. There was little ______________ to _____________ the government, because Congress did not pass________________. 13. How did foreign powers view the United States under the Articles of Confederation? They viewed the US as _________________ and with __________. 14.Why did Shays’ lead an uprising in Massachusetts in 1786? Farmers were not able to pay __________, because _________ prices ________________. The state __________ farms and then _____________ them to get the ___________. 15. What did Shays’ Rebellion show about the strength of the national government under the Articles of Confederation? That the _________________ government was not _____________ enough to protect against _________________. 2.

Chapter 7 Section 2 The Constitutional Convention: page Where and when did the Constitutional Convention meet? It met in _____________________ in ____________________. 2.What was the original aim of the Constitutional Convention and what did the delegates decided to do once they were there? The aim was to _________________ the Articles of Confederation. They decided to keep their _________________ secret. 3. Who was the President of the Convention? He was ________________________ _____________________. 4. Edmund Randolph of Virginia proposed a plan for a new, strong central government called the Virginia Plan. Under this new government, how many branches did he want and what were they? The plan called for ___________________ branches. Congress would be the _______________________ branch. Two other branches, called the ____________________ branch, carried out ______________, and the _________________ branch would interpret the ____________________. 5. Under the Virginia Plan, representation was to be based on population. Why did states like New Jersey disagree with this and what did they propose in the New Jersey Plan? The more __________________ a state had, the more ________ It would have in Congress. The New Jersey plan called for a _______________ house with ________________ representation for each __________________. 6. Roger Sherman would work out a compromise between the Virginia and New Jersey Plans. What was it called and what did it propose that pleased both the Virginia and New Jersey plans? It was the ________________ __________________________. It called for a ___________-house Congress. The House of Representatives was based on _____________________. Each State would have ____________ seats in the Senate. 7. What did the 3/5 Compromise state? Each _________________ would be counted as three-__________ of a free person. 8. What is the significance of the Constitution’s first phrase: “We the People of the United States”? Authority comes from the ___________________ rather than the ____________________________. 3.

Chapter 7 Section 3 Debating the Constitution: page What does ratify mean? It means to __________________ something, such as the Constitution. 2. What did supporters of the Constitution call themselves? Why did they call themselves this? They called themselves ____________________________, because they favored a ________________ federal government. 3. What did they write to support the Constitution? They wrote the ___________________ ___________________. 4.What were those that opposed the Constitution called? They were called _____________________________________. 5. What three major arguments did the Antifederalists give for not supporting the Constitution? They argued that the Constitution would __________________ the state ________________________. there was no ______________ _____ _____________________. The ___________________ could be reelected _____________ and ____________________. 6. How many states had to ratify the Constitution? _____________ states had to ratify. 7. Who was the first state to ratify the Constitution? Who was the 9 th ? Who was the last? _____________ acted first. ______________ ________________ was the ninth. The last state was __________________ _______________________. 8. What was the new Congress’ first task in March 1789? To add a ___________ ____ _________________________. 9. What are the Bill of Rights? These are the first ten ____________________ What are the aims of the Bill of Rights? 4. These are laws that aim to ________________ people from ___________ by the ________________ government.