Module 5 A New Nation

Organize these options into the right branch of government

Groups:

(a) Legislative Branch

,

(b) Executive Branch

,

(c) Judicial Branch

• House of Representatives

• Cabinet of Secretaries

• bicameral

• Vice President

• Senate

• examine and interpret laws

• President

• other federal courts

• make laws

• enforce laws

• Justices

• Supreme Court

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

• large state plan

• equal representation

• bicameral legislature

• unicameral legislature

• small state plan

• representation based on population

Which ideas were used in the Great Compromise?

(put answers in alphabetical order from top to bottom)

b

d

e

bicameral legislature

equal representation

more power to state government

more power to central government

representation based on population

unicameral legislature

​ (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

• basic principles and laws of government

• checks and balances

• official approval

• suffrage

• accountability of government branches

• ratify

• official change to a document

• amendment

• voting rights

• constitution

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

divided land into townships

provided land for war veterans/soldiers

land was set aside for education

60,000 people must live in the area

sold sections of land to pay for the war

outlawed slavery

settlers must create a government

allows a territory to become a state

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Federalists

,

(b) Anti-federalists

• strong state government

• supports the Constitution

• George Mason

• needs bill of rights

• Alexander Hamilton

• Constitution is a bill or rights

• strong central government

• opposes the Constitution