Unit 4
Chapter 8—Creating a New Government
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 an 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
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?
Essential Vocabulary
Significant Events
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Confederation
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Ratify
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Articles of Confederation
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federalism
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Northwest Ordinance
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Federalist
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Virginia Plan
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Anti-Federalist
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New Jersey Plan
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The Federalist Papers
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Great Compromise
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Bill of Rights
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Three-fifths Compromise
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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Constitution
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Republic
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Annapolis Convention
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Shays’ Rebellion
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Constitutional Convention, 1787
Essential People
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James Madison
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John Jay
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Alexander Hamilton
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George Washington
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George Mason
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Benjamin Franklin
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Patrick Henry
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William Patterson
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Daniel Boone
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Roger Sherman
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Edmund Randolph
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Alexander Hamilton
Unit 4
Government
Expectations of the Student
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Identify colonial grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence and explain how they were addressed in the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights
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Analyze how the U.S. Constitution reflects the principles of limited government, republicanism, checks
and balances, federalism, separation of powers, popular sovereignty, and individual rights
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Summarize the process for amending the U.S. Constitution
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Summarize rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights
Guiding Questions
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Explain how the Constitution reflects the seven principles of government.
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What rights are guaranteed every American in the Bill of Rights?
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What is the process of amending the Constitution?
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What historic documents influenced the structure of the government crated by the Constitution?
Essential Vocabulary
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Constitution

Bill of Rights
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Popular
sovereignty
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republicanism
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federalism
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separation of
powers
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checks and
balances
Limited
government
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Dates to Remember
ratification
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individual rights  unalienable
rights
 Elastic Clause
(Necessary and  assembly
Proper Clause)  quarter
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Habeas Corpus
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Electoral College
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suffrage
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jury trial
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Amendment
process
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due process
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Progress Check 4.1—Thursday 11/15
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Geography Quiz #2— Thursday 11/29
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Unit 4 Test—Wednesday 11/8