US Chapter 4 Review

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governments where the people elect their representatives

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Republics

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Governments with one house with members elected by the people

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Unicameral legislature

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governments with two houses that balanced common voters with power of the wealthy, well-educated senate

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Bicameral legislature

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The original federal constitution drafted by the Continental Congress in 1777

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Articles of Confederation

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Territory north of Ohio and West of Mississippi

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Northwest Territory

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A law which designed a system for managing and settling lands in the Northwest Territory

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Land Ordinance of 1785

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What was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation? Options: couldn't establish a common currency, couldn't regulate interstate commerce, Couldn't levy taxes, All of the above

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All of the above

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One of the convention leaders that proposed a constitution similar to the British constitution

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Alexander Hamilton

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One of the convention leaders that favored republicanism rather than the British system

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James Madison

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Madison's plan to have representation based on population

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Virginia Plan