5 Written Questions

1. the leaders who laid the groundwork for the United States
2. list of freedoms that the government promises to protect
3. a period when business activity slows, prices & wages fall, and unemployment rises
4. to give up (power, control)
5. the plan that settled the differences between the large and the small states

5 Matching Questions

1. Constitutional Convention
2. Three-Fifths Compromise
3. Shay's Rebellion
4. compromise
5. executive branch

1. a a meeting (May 25, 1787) of state representatives to revise the Articles of Confederation
2. b a settlement in which each side gives up something in order to reach an agreement
3. c a 1786 revolt of more than 1000 farmers in MA in reaction to high taxes
4. d an agreement that 3/5 of a state's slave population would be counted for taxation and population purposes.
5. e the branch of government that carries out the laws

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. change
   1. execute
   2. currency
   3. cede
   4. amend
2. A plan that called for strong national government with 3 branches and a 2 chamber legislature; supported by the large states
   1. Virginia Plan
   2. judicial branch
   3. New Jersey Plan
   4. Magna Carta
3. First 10 amendments to the United States Constitution.
   1. Bill of Rights
   2. dictatorship
   3. English Bill of Rights
   4. Federalists
4. the idea that no person could be held in prison without being charged with a crime
   1. Great Compromise
   2. Magna Carta
   3. execute
   4. habeas corpus
5. money
   1. amend
   2. currency
   3. depression
   4. cede

5 True/False Questions

1. Northwest Ordinance → A document that sets out the laws principles, organization and processes of a government.

   True        False

2. judicial branch → the branch of government that decides if laws are carried out fairly

   True        False

3. execute → to carry out (laws)

   True        False

4. legislative branch → the branch of government that carries out the laws

   True        False

5. Magna Carta → the idea that no person could be held in prison without being charged with a crime

   True        False