Vocabulary Practice - Lesson: 10 - Creating the Constitution

Front

The Articles of Confederation is:

Back

A document that established the first government of the United States

Front

What does the term 'dispute' mean in the context of creating the Constitution?

Back

A disagreement or argument about the content or structure of the Constitution

Front

The Northwest Territory was a region of the United States that included which of the following areas? Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota, California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico

Back

Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota

Front

What did the Northwest Ordinance primarily establish?

Back

The process for admitting new states to the Union

Front

What does the term 'framework' refer to in the context of creating the Constitution?

Back

The basic structure and guiding principles of the Constitution

Front

The Enlightenment was a cultural movement emphasizing reason and individualism over tradition. Which period did it primarily occur in?

Back

18th century

Front

What is the term for a strong disagreement?

Back

Conflict

Front

The first written plan of government for the United States was called?

Back

The Articles of Confederation

Front

What is the term for a law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed?

Back

Northwest Ordinance

Front

What is the name of the region of the United States bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes, given to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783?

Back

Northwest Territory