The Constitution and U.S. Government Study Guide

Form of government in which the people elect representatives to make laws and run the government

• democracy

• republic

• congress

• compromise

The United States' first plan for government. Said that the states would keep their "freedom and independence" and that the states would be joined in "a firm league of friendship." It was very WEAK.

• democracy

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

National Legislature

• House of Representatives

• Congress

• Republic

• Constitution

The National Legislature(Congress) was the only part of the government there was under the_______________.

• Whiskey Rebellion

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

• Shay's Rebellion

____________________ happens when prices rise very quickly.

• Judicial

• Senators

• Inflation

• Compromise

Farmers in Massachusetts became upset when they could not pay their taxes, and many of them became debtors. They joined together in a sort-of army to close courts who punished debtors. What was this movement called, and who led it?

• George's Rebellion-George Washington

• Lincoln's Court-Abe Lincoln

• Ponce's Pals-Ponce De Leon

• Shay's Rebellion-Daniel Shay

An ordinance whose purpose was to set up a process on how territories could be divided in the Northwest Territory.

• Northwest Solution

• Northwest Ordinance

• Northwest Law

• Northwest Constitution

Where was the Constitutional Convention?

• Washington, D.C.

• Baltimore, Maryland

• New York, New York

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

When was the Constitutional Convention?

• 1776

• 1799

• 1787

• 1756

Introduction to the Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Inflation

• Preamble

• Great Compromise