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- 1. Multiple Choice
-The first written plan of government for the United States. A confederation is an association of states that cooperate for a common purpose.
Articles of Confederation
The Constitutional Convention
The Federalist Papers
The Great Compromise
- 2. Multiple Choice
A written plan that provides the basic framework of a government.
A Resolution
The Fundamental Orders
An Amendement
A Constitution
- 3. Multiple Choice
A meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution.
Congress
Constitutional Convention
First Continental Congress
The Northwest Ordinance
- 4. Multiple Choice
The group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president. Voters in each state choose their electors.
The Senate
The Electoral College
The House of Representatives
The Constitutional Convention
- 5. Multiple Choice
The "Age of Reason" in 17th and 18th-century Europe. Enlightenment thinkers emphasized using rational thought to discover truths about nature and society.
Enlightenment
The Great Compromise
The Federalist Papers
Republic
- 6. Multiple Choice
A series of essays written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay in support of the ratification of the Constitution by the states.
Articles of Confederation
Constitution
The Federalist Papers
The Great Compromise
- 7. Multiple Choice
The plan of government adopted at the Constitutional Convention that established a two-house Congress. In the House of Representatives, representation from each state is based on state population. In the Senate, each state is represented by two senators.
The Great Compromise
The Three-Fifths Compromise
The Federalist Papers
The Articles of Confederation
- 8. Multiple Choice
A law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed.
The Northwest Territory
The Northwest Ordinance
Republic
Constitution
- 9. Multiple Choice
A region of the United States bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes. The region was given to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
Republic
Ratify
Northwest Ordinance
Northwest Territory
- 10. Multiple Choice
To formally approve a plan or an agreement. The process of approval is called ratification.
Enlightenment
Republic
Ratify
Electoral College
- 11. Multiple Choice
A country governed by elected representatives.
Ratify
Enlightenment
Constitution
Republic
- 12. Multiple Choice
An agreement made at the Constitutional Convention stating that enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths a person when determining a state's population for representation in the House of Representatives.
The Great Compromise
The Articles of Confederation
The Three-Fifths Compromise
The Federalist Papers
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