7th Grade Chapter 7

Legislative Branch

• Article 1
• Article 2
• Article 3
• Article 4

Supporters of the new Constitution

• Jeffersonians
• Nationalists
• Federalists
• Antifederalists

To keep any one branch of government from gaining too much power, the Framers built in a system of

• rejecting a bill.
• vetoing.
• an executive branch.
• checks and balances.

The Constitution created a government that divided powers between the national government and the states. This form of government is called a

• nationalistic system.
• federal system.
• feudal system.
• monarchical system.

The first state to approve the Constitution

• Rhode Island
• Delaware
• Connecticut
• Pennsylvania

What was the event in 1787 when farmers marched to the federal arsenal in Springfield, Massachusetts?

• Boston Tea Party
• Bacon's Rebellion
• Boston Massacre
• Shays's Rebellion

What Virginian gave fiery speeches against the Constitution saying it did not check the federal government's power?

• Patrick Henry
• Richard Henry Lee
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington

The most distinctive feature of the United States government is the

• separation of powers
• executive branch
• federal system
• vetoing power

Passed by the Confederation Congress, this law created a territory out of lands north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi Rivers.

•  Morris Ordinance
• Confederation Law
• Ordinance of 1785
• Northwest Ordinance

America's first constitution

• Republic Plan
• Articles of Confederation
• Bill of Rights
• American Constitution