UNIT 5 LESSON 1 QUIZ STUDY GUIDE

Many Americans believed that the_____________________________were a failure.Articles of Confederation

___________________________showed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation.

Shays’ Rebellion

What nickname did James Madison earn?

Father of the Constitution

Articles of ConfederationThe first plan of the government for the UnitedStates is known as the Articles of Confederation.

Legislature

• An elected body of people that make laws.

Arsenal

•Storage place for weapons.

Three-Fifths Compromise

• Every five enslaved people counted as three free people.

Great Compromise

It combined the Virginia plan with the New Jersey plan and set up

the two houses of congress.

UNIT 5 LESSON 2 STUDY GUIDEGet ready to leeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrn!

Federal system • A system of government in which power in the nation is shared between the central government and the state governments.

• The United States is a federal system because the states and the central government share power.

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Supreme Court

• The head of the Judicial Branch of the federal government. It is the highest court in the country.

• Has the power to decide whether any laws work against the Constitution.

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ratify• To officially approve.• At least 9 out of the 13 states had to ratify, or officially approve, the constitution.

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Bill of Rights• A formal statement of rights and liberties guaranteed to the people by state.

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Amendment •An addition, or change, to the United States Constitution.

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The three braches of the federal government are the___________________.

Executive, Legislative, Judicial

Why did delegates believe that power should be shared among the three branches?

To make sure no one branch of government could dominate the others.

James Madison was called the__________________________.Father of the Constitution

Why did Anti-Federalists want a bill of rights?

Anti-Federalists wanted to be sure that individual liberties were protected.

True or False

Does ratify mean officially approve

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War Hawks• War Hawks were Americans who supported the War of 1812.

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Era of Good Feelings• The name given to the period of peace and prosperity that followed the War of 1812.

• Americans felt united after the War of 1812.

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Adam-Onis Treaty•Spain’s agreement to sell Florida to the United States in 1819.

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Monroe Doctrine•The Monroe Doctrine was a Presidential decree that European nations could no longer make colonies in North or South America.

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In June 1812 War Hawks Declared war on ___________________________.Great Britain

Why did the British army burn Washington D.C.?

The British wanted to punish the Americans for destroying York.

Why did the War Hawks want war with Great Britain?

They wanted the British to stop helping Native Americans and to stop impressing American Solders.

Why did the United States want to prevent new European colonies in the Americas?

They wanted to be free from European interference.

All Americans supported the war.

True or False

The Monroe Doctrine stated that the United States would not allow European powers to establish new colonies in the Americas.

True or False

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