8th Grade Topic 4 Review

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First ten amendments of the Constitution

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Bill of Rights

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Event that exposed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

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Shays' Rebellion

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First Constitution that failed.

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Articles of Confederation

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What set up a system for white Americans to settle in the Northwest Territory?

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Land Ordinance of 1785

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What stated new territories should be admitted as states?

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Northwest Ordinance

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These group of people wanted a strong Federal Government

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Federalists

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This plan called for a unicameral legislature with the same number of representatives

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New Jersey Plan

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What two branches were missing under the Articles of Confederation?

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Executive and Judicial

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Occurred on May 25, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Constitutional Convention

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Another name for the Great Compromise

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Connecticut Compromise