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8th grade SS test 6

Terms in this set (26)

Bicameral
Having two separate lawmaking chambers
Republic
A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives
Ordinance
law
Depreciate
to fall in value
Why did the states limit the power of their governors and why did they divide their legislature
Experience with British rule made the states cautious about giving too much power to single rulers or political bodies.
Name the success of the Articles of Confederation
-Congress able to establish and maintain the army that won the Revolutionary War
-Congress could negotiate treaties with foreign countries
-Pass the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance in 1787
Name the weaknesses of the Confederation government
-Congress could not pass a law unless 9 states voted in favor of it
-Consent of all states was required to change the Articles
-Congress could not regulate trade, force soldiers to join army, or impose taxes
How did the Northwest Ordinance establish a democratic model for expansion
The Ordinance established a model for democratic expansion by allowing territories to claim statehood when they reached a certain level of population.
Depression
A period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases
Manumission
the freeing of individual enslaved persons
Proportional
having the proper size in relation to other objects or items
Compromise
A settlement of a dispute by each party giving up some demands
What were the events of Shays Rebellion and what weaknesses in the national government did it reveal
Farmers who had lost their land took up arms against the government led by Daniel Shays at a federal arsenal wanting to seize guns and ammo. This exposed that the national government could not respond to an economic crisis or to an armed threat to the government.
Virginia Plan
Called for two houses with proportional representation in the legislature
New Jersey Plan
Called for one house in the legislature with equal representation for all states.
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