Ch. 5 Forming a Government

The first 10 amendments to the Constitution

• tariffs

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Federalist Papers

• Bill of Rights

taxes on imports or exports

• inflation

• checks and balances

• tariffs

• constitution

Three-Fifths Compromise

• agreement that stated that each slave would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining representation

• area including present-day Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota

• series of essays in support of the Constitution

• the first 10 amendments to the Constitution

Who was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention who became an Antifederalist

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Mason

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

checks and balances are...

• set of basic principles that determines the powers and duties of a government

• system that prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful

• system of banking

• increased prices of goods and services combined with the reduced value of money

Which of the following states was not in the Northwest Territory?

• Indiana

• Minnesota

• Illinois

• Missouri

Constitutional Convention was...

• meetings held in Philadelphia at which delegates from the states attempted to improve the existing government

• party with all of the founding fathers celebrating independence

• the first 10 amendments to the Constitution

the Federalist Papers were...

• collection of amendments to be added to the Constitution

• a pamphlet encouraging the colonists to rebel

• set of basic principles that determines the powers and duties of a government

• a series of essays in support of the Constitution

Which term would best describe the newly independent nation in the 1780s?

• strong

• united

• troubled

• confident

Under the Articles of Confederation, the greatest amount of power was in the hands of the...

• Congress

• American people

• national government

• states