Name: ___________________________________________________ Date: _____/_____/_____
*Worksheet 12
Period: ______
United States History
DIRECTIONS: Key Terms. Using the word bank, fill in the appropriate blank with the correct term. Each term will be used only once. Use
your notes entitled “A More Perfect Union”, your book (Chapter 7, pp. 190-213), or your Quickstudy guides for help.
bicameral
republic
Articles of Confederation
representative
petition
ordinance
Ordinance of 1785
township
section
Northwest Ordinance
depreciation
Shay’s Rebellion
abolition
unanimous
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
Great Compromise
House of Representatives
Senate
3/5ths Compromise
constitution
Magna Carta
federal system
legislative branch
executive branch
judicial branch
checks & balances
ratify
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
amendments
Bill of Rights
depression
1) A ___________________ is the name for a plan of government (state or national).
2) A ___________________ is a government in which citizens elect representatives to
speak for them.
3) A tract of land that measures 640 acres is known as a ____________________________.
4) The ______________________________ is made up of the offices of the President and
Vice President.
5) A two (2) house legislature is called a _______________________ legislature.
6) A _______________________ is a person who is elected to speak for others.
7) A _______________________ is a period of time when economic activity is slowed and
unemployment increases (no real jobs, exports drop, trade falls off, no money coming in).
8) The 1215 document signed by King John creating a governing body to rule rather than an
absolute king, inspiring the Founding Fathers, was the ___________________________.
9) The ____________________ shares power between the states and national governments.
10) The system of __________________________ limits the power of each branch of
government by allowing the other branches to “check” their power.
11) To __________________ means to approve.
12) The _______________________ is made up of the Supreme Court and lower courts.
13) The supporters of the new Constitution were known as __________________________.
14) An _______________________ is an addition to a document.
15) An area of land that measures six (6) miles by six (6) miles is a ___________________.
16) To _______________________ for something is to apply for it.
17) The house of government where representation is based on population was called the
_______________________________________________________________________.
18) The house of government where each state received two (2) votes was called the
_______________________________________________________________________.
19) The first attempt at a national government in the U.S. was the _____________________.
20) Those who did not support the Constitution were called _________________________.
21) The ________________________ were amendments to the Constitution in 1791 that
would protect the individual rights of American citizens.
22) In the _____________________________, slaves were to be counted as only 3/5th of a
person for taxation and representation purposes in the U.S. government.
23) The _________________________ was favored by the larger states and called for a
bicameral (two house) government based on population.
24) The _________________________ was favored by smaller states and called for a
unicameral (one house) government with one (1) vote per state.
25) The ___________________________ created a huge territory out of the lands north of
the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River.
26) In 1786, the ___________________________ was when farmers in Massachusetts
forced the courts to shut down so they could not confiscate farmer’s lands.
27) A vote taken in which all parties involved agree is said to be ______________________.
28) The _______________________ established a procedure for surveying and selling land.
29) Roger Sherman’s ______________________________ took the agreed upon parts of the
Virginia and New Jersey plan and combined them together to help the ideas pass.
30) The ___________________________ is made up of the Senate and House of
Representatives.
31) _____________________ is when money loses its value.
32) An ____________________ is a law.
33) Many Northern states wanted the _____________________, or ending, of slavery.