refers to accepted method of exchange for goods or services; also called money

the buying and selling goods and services, especially when many people are involved

a formal change made in a document or a law by editing, deleting, and/or adding to the existing document

person who represents, or acts for, others at a meeting such as a convention or conference

group of advisers to the president of the United States

a legislative body, such as the Senate or House of Representatives, holds a trial to find out whether the official has committed a crime or wrongdoing

formal approval, usually of an official document or treaty

Under the Articles of Confederation, the leader(s) were organized into _____.

Why did Congress pass the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

Which ordinance divided the land into townships and rectangular plots to sell?

Under the Northwest Ordinance, what could a territory do when their population reached 60,000 males?

Which of the following was NOT a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

How did the British cause issues for the young American government?

What led to the U.S. falling into an economic depression?

What land did the Spanish claim was theirs after the signing of the Treaty of Paris?

Who owned the land west of the Mississippi River?

What event showed the need for a stronger national government?

What was Daniel Shays and his militia in rebellion over?

Where did the Constitutional Convention meet?

Which state did not send a representative to the Constitutional Convention?

Who was elected president of the Constitutional Convention?

What are the 55 delegates to the convention referred to as today?

The Virginia Plan suggested having a federal system of government with _____ branches.

What would the legislative branch be responsible for?

What would the executive branch be responsible for?

What would the judicial branch be responsible for?

The Virginia Plan suggested that the legislative branch's representation be based off of _____.

The New Jersey Plan suggested that the legislative branch's representation be based off of _____.

The Great Compromise combined parts of the New Jersey and Virginia Plan by suggesting the legislative branch be made of two houses, which together are called _____.

Which house's representation would have the same number of representatives (2) per state?

Which house's representation would be determined by population?

The framers agreed that each slave would count as _____ of a free person.

Which of the following was NOT added into the Constitution to ease the minds of those concerned about the federal government becoming too powerful?

Those people who did not support the Constitution were referred to as _____.

Supporters of the Constitution were referred to as _____.

The promise of an added bill of rights and the threat of being a foreign country to the U.S. eventually convinced all 13 states to _______, or approve, the Constitution.

The Bill of Rights was proposed as _____.

Which amendments make up the Bill of Rights?

How many amendments does the Constitution have today?

A _____ is a plan that organizes and outlines the operations of a government.

The Second Continental Congress was replaced by the _____ Congress.

Under the Articles of Confederation, how many states were needed to approve a law?

Under the Articles of Confederation, how many states were needed to amend the articles?

The Northwest Territory included the western lands north of the _____ River.

True or False. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 outlined the process for creating new states.

Since Spain was not involved in the Treaty of Paris, they still claimed _____ and New Spain.

Shay’s Rebellion closed foreclosure courts and planned to capture the _____ before the state militia was able to stop the rebellion.

What resolved the deep division between the large states and the small states?

_____ powers are the specific powers listed in the Constitution that would lie with the national government.

_____ powers are those powers not listed in the Constitution that become the responsibility of the states.

_____ was put into the Constitution, through a three-branch government, to avoid putting too much power in the hands of a few people.

_____ prevents any one branch from exercising too much power.

How many states needed to ratify, or approve, the constitution for it to become the law of the land?

The three-fifths compromise said that states would count a portion of their slaves for both representation and _____.