Chapter 7 A More Perfect Union

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Who was the presiding officer at the Constitutional Convention?

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George Washington

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What was the single territory that was created out of the lands north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River?

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Northwest Territory

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The Americans formed a republic, a government in which citizens rule through...

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elected representatives

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

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Virginia Plan

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Convention delegates broke the deadlock between large and small states when they approved

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the Great Compromise

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People who favored local government controlled more closely by the people, were called

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Anti-Federalists

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Men who supported the Constitution were called

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Federalists

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The system that keeps any one branch of government from gaining too much power, is called

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checks and balances

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Those who opposed the Constitution feared the national government would

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take away rights from people

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The branch of government that deals with the court system is called the

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judicial branch