We the People Unit 2 Vocab Review

a violent uprising in 1786-1787 by debt-ridden farmers in western Massachusetts protesting against oppressive economic conditions and perceived injustices of the state government.​

(a)  

• Shay's Rebellion
• Northwest Ordinance
• Great Compromise
• Three-fifths Clause

The first constitution of the United States. It was adopted in 1781 and replaced in 1788 by our present Constitution

​ (a)  

• Articles of Confederation
• House of Representatives
• Senate
• The Constitution of the United States

Put the definition for abolish in the correct order.

• to.

• end

• To

• an

• put

The delegates to the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 were called ______.

1. The person chosen to act for you or represent you, usually at a convention or meeting.

• framer

• delegate

• loyalist

• Senator

Match the following

• House of Representatives

• 1. The business of taking people from  homes in Africa and selling them in the colonies.

• Civil War

• The war between the Northern and Southern States. It took place from 1861 to 1865 and ended slavery in the United States.

• slave trade

• 1. One house of Congress. Each state has two members in this chamber.

• Three-fifths Clause

• The Framers’ compromise about slavery that became part of the Constitution. It counted each slave as three-fifths of a person to determine how many representatives a state would have in Congress.

• Senate

• One of two houses of Congress. The number of representatives from each state is based on its population.

The ​ (a)   is the meeting held in 1787 at which the U.S. Constitution was written.

• Philadelphia Convention
• Continental Congress
• Great Compromise

1. The ​ (a)   ​ (b)   important law passed by Congress in 1787 under the Articles of Confederation. The law provided for settling the western lands and organizing new states.

• Northwest
• Ordinance
• Southwest
• Law
• Northeast
• Federation
• Southeast
• Rule
• Northern
• Expansion