Unit 2 Review (Ch.5 & 6)

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What does a bicameral legislature have?

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two houses

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What is a republic?

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a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives

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Which branch of government existed when the Articles of Confederation was created? Options: Legislative (congress), Judicial (Supreme court), Executive (President), Legislative, Executive, and Judicial

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Legislative (congress)

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One of the Articles of Confederation’s accomplishments was an arrangement for settling western lands.

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settling western lands.

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Why did the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation have trouble paying its debts?

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It had no power to raise money through taxes.

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Constitutional Convention delegates voted to work toward a new national government based on the

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Virginia Plan.

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Why did Southern states like the idea of including enslaved persons in a state’s population for representation?

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The South would have more seats in Congress if enslaved persons were included.

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During the Constitutional Convention, how was the issue of counting each state’s enslaved population for representation/taxes resolved to maintain Southern support for the ratification of the Constitution?

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The Three Fifths Compromise

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Those who opposed the new Constitution were called __________.

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Anti-Federalists

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What was added to the Constitution to put limits on government power?

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Bill of Rights