Chapter 8
A More Perfect Union
Expectations of the Student
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Explain the issues surrounding the writing of the Articles of Confederation
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Explain how the Northwest Ordinance established the principles and procedures for orderly expansion of
the United States
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Explain the role of compromise in the creation of the Constitution.
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Describe the causes and effects of the creation and ratification of the Constitution
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Analyze argument for and against the ratification of the Constitution
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Identify the influence of ideas from historic documents on the U.S. system of government, such as the
U.S. Constitution
Guiding Questions
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Why and how did the Articles of Confederation place limits on the government?
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What did the Northwest Ordinance do, and why was it important?
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Why did the Articles of Confederation fail?
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What were the arguments for and against ratification?
Essential Vocabulary
Significant Events
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constitutional republic 
Philadelphia
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Articles of
Confederation
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constitution
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slave trade
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Virginia Plan
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federalism
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Ordinance of 1785
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New Jersey Plan
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Federalists
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Northwest Ordinance
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Great Compromise
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The Federalist Papers
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Confederation
Congress
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Three-Fifths
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Anti-Federalists
Compromise
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Essential People
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Daniel Boone
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Edmund
Randolph
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James Madison
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John Jay
George
Washington
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William
Paterson
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Patrick Henry
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Daniel Shays
George Mason
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Roger Sherman
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Shays’
Rebellion
(1786—1787)
Constitutional
Convention
(1787)
Dates to Remember
Chares
Montesquieu
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Annapolis
Convention
(1786)
Alexander
Hamilton
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GPERSIA Vocab (5 PICS)—Fri 10/30
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Articles of Confederation-Mon 11/02
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N.W. Territory Map—Wed 11/04
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People—Friday 11/06
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Open Note QUIZ 4-Mon 11/09
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Convention & Constitution—Mon 11/09
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Ch. 8 TEST—Wed 11/11
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Geography QUIZ List 2-Wed 11/18