Chapter 5 Review

A government in which citizens rule through their elected officials is a ___________________.

• republic

• democracy

• democratic republic

• monarchy

The idea that government should be based on the consent of the people.

• Democracism

• Republicanism

• Anti-federalism

• Federalism

A document, adopted by the Second Continental Congress and approved by the states , that outlined the form of government of the United States.

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

The first ten amendments are called _________

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Natural Rights

• Constitution

Confederation is an alliance permitting states or nations to act together on matters of mutual concern.

• True

• False

This is a law that established a procedure for the admission of new states to the union.

• Great Compromise

• Three Fifths Compromise

• Treaty Ordinance of 1877

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

This was an uprising of a debt ridden Massachusetts farmer protesting increased state taxes.

• Electoral College

• Shay's Rebellion

• Two House Congress

• The Anti-Federalists papers

This person is from Virginia, led a meeting of state delegates to discuss issues of interstate trade, and is known as the “Father of the Constitution”

• James Madison

• Ms. Serrano

• George Washington

• John Jay

This person is a political leader from Connecticut that suggested the Great Compromise.

• Roger Sherman

• Roger Sherbert

• James Madison

• Alexander Hamilton

This is the constitutional convention’s agreement to establish a two house system, with all states having equal representation in one house and each state having representation based on its population in the other house.

• Great Compromise

• Greatest of All Time

• Three Fifths Compromise

• Serrano Compromise