Module 5 A New Nation

Organize these options into the right branch of government

Groups:

(a) Legislative Branch

,

(b) Executive Branch

,

(c) Judicial Branch

• President

• make laws

• examine and interpret laws

• bicameral

• Justices

• other federal courts

• House of Representatives

• Cabinet of Secretaries

• Vice President

• Senate

• Supreme Court

• enforce laws

What did Daniel Shays and his men protest in 1786?

• not receiving military pay

• high taxes and heavy debts

• an unjust court system

• Massachusetts government for not printing money

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) New Jersey Plan

,

(b) Virginia Plan

• unicameral legislature

• bicameral legislature

• representation based on population

• large state plan

• equal representation

• small state plan

Which ideas were used in the Great Compromise?

(put answers in alphabetical order from top to bottom)

b

d

e

bicameral legislature

more power to central government

unicameral legislature

representation based on population

more power to state government

equal representation

​ (a)   opposed the Constitution because it did not have a section protecting individual rights.

• George Mason
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• Alexander Hamilton

Match the following

• official change to a document

• suffrage

• basic principles and laws of government

• amendment

• official approval

• checks and balances

• voting rights

• constitution

• accountability of government branches

• ratify

First official changes to the Constitution created to protect the rights of citizens

Which state refused to ratify the Articles of Confederation because of issues with western lands?

How did the Land Ordinance of 1785 settle issues over western land?

(put answers in alphabetical order from top to bottom)

e

g

h

c

sold sections of land to pay for the war

divided land into townships

allows a territory to become a state

land was set aside for education

60,000 people must live in the area

settlers must create a government

provided land for war veterans/soldiers

outlawed slavery

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Federalists

,

(b) Anti-federalists

• Alexander Hamilton

• supports the Constitution

• strong state government

• opposes the Constitution

• George Mason

• Constitution is a bill or rights

• needs bill of rights

• strong central government