AP US History Touart- American Pageant (Chapter 9) The Confederation and the Constitution
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ptouart on November 14, 2011
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English 11A Reed, AP US McGarvey 2012, Mr. Padron's AP United States History, Mr. Touart's AP US History Class
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom, Thomas Jefferson | Two-part What officially separated church and state in Virginia and who was its author? |
| civic virtue | What is the belief that democracy depends on the unselfish commitment of each citizen to the public good? |
| republican motherhood | What was the term for the elevated position women held in early America as keeper's of the nation's conscience? |
| constitutional convention | What innovation was created by Massachusetts when devising their new state constitution? |
| Society of the Cincinnati | What was the exclusive hereditary order created by the Continental Army officers after the American Revolution? |
| Quakers | What group founded the world's first antislavery society in 1775? |
| fundamental laws | What is the term for laws that are superior to the transient whims of ordinary legislation? |
| Articles of Confederation | What was the first written constitution for the United States? |
| Land Ordinance of 1785 | What was the legislation that provided for the sale of the Old Northwest and division of townships? |
| Dey of Algiers | Who was the North African pirate who preyed on American shipping in the Mediterranean in the 1780s? |
| Daniel Shays | Who led a Massachusetts uprising in 1786 in demands for better treatment of poor farmers? |
| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | What legislation abolished slavery in the territory north of the Ohio River and provided for territories to become co-equal states with the original thirteen states? |
| no power to enforce taxes, no power to regulate commerce | What were the two most crippling weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? |
| George Washington | Who served as chairman of the Constitutional Convention? |
| 3/5 Compromise | What was the name of the agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention for considering slavery in terms of population for representation? |
| The Federalist Papers | What was the series of essays penned by Madison, Hamilton, and Jay to make a convincing argument in favor of ratifying the US Constitution? |
| James Madison | Who served as secretary of the Constitutional Convention and is often called the "father of the Constitution"? |
| Roger Sherman | Who authored the Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)? |
| Edmund Randolph | Who introduced the Virginia Plan (large-states) at the Consitutional Convention? |
| William Patterson | Who introduced the New Jersey (small states) Plan at the Constitutional Convention? |
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