| A | B |
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| A plan of government is also called a | Constitution |
| two-house legislatures that divide power of the government | Bicameral |
| Government in which citizens rule through elected representatitves | Republic |
| America's 1st Constitution where states kept most of their power | Articles of Confederation |
| Congress under the Articles of confederation had authority to do what? | conduct foreign affairs, maintain armed forces, borrow money and issue currency |
| Congress under the Articles of Confederation did not have authority to do these things | regulate trade, force citizens to join army or impose taxes |
| A law that established a procedure for surveying and selling lands west of Ohio river | Ordinance of 1785 |
| Created a single territory out of the lands north of the Ohio river and east of the Mississippi | The Northwest Ordinance |
| Condition added to a document | Clause |
| To apply for statehood is also to | petition for statehood |
| Money printed during the Revolutionary war _____________or fell in value, to the point that is was almost worthless. | Depreciated |
| Period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases | Depression |
| Causes of Depression | Excessive foreign debts, Reduction in trade, damaged crops |
| Farmer from Massachusetts who leads farmers in a rebellion to close the courts and prevent farmers from being jailed/fined | Daniel Shays |
| This practice was being questioned due to the Americans battle for Liberty | Issue of Slavery |
| Which states continue to import slaves after 1786 | South Carolina and Georgia |
| What group from Pennsylvania created an organization for Antislavery | Quakers |
| The freeing of some enslaved people | Manumission |
| Plantations were built in this | Slavery |
| Southerners feared the collapse of their economy if this was outlawed | Slavery |
| This man proposed a convention in Philadelphia to discuss trade issues, Who was | Alexander Hamilton |
| This Virginia planter supported a strong national government | James Madison |
| Often called the "Father of the Constitution" | James Madison |
| This man proposed the creation of a strong national government | Edmund Randolph |
| This plan called for a 2 house legislature, a court system and a chief executive chosen by the legislature | Virginia Plan |
| Wanted a Confederation system where all states were equally represented | Opponents of Virginia plan |
| New Jersey plan was written by | William Paterson |
| This plan called for a one house confederation, one vote per state, a weak executive branch and Congress could set taxes and regulate trade | New Jersey Plan |
| Agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants | Compromise |
| This plan called for a 2 house legislature with a Lower house where states votes were bases on population and an upper house where each state got 2 votes | Great Compromise |
| Plan to count the population of enslaved people: all enslaved people would be counted as 3/5ths of a free person for taxes & representation | 3/5ths Compromise |
| This man proposed a bill of rights be included in constitution | George Mason |
