Study Information for Chapter 7 Test - Friday, November 22nd
– Utilize your notes and re-teaching activities as well as your textbook to help you review for your test.
I. Problems/issues with our government (weaknesses) because of the Articles of Confederation
- AOC Reading Notes (ISN p.21)
- Notes (p.22)
- **Review the AOC Cause/Effect T-chart (ISN page23)
II. Be familiar with the following (be able to explain/define):
Shay’s Rebellion (Who did it involve? Why did it happen? What was the result? (7-2)
The Northwest Ordinance (what did it do?)
“Right of Deposit” & the Mississippi River (7-2)
Republic (p.20)
Federalism (p.20)
Checks and Balances(p.20)
Electoral College (p.20/7-3)
Separation of Powers (7-3)
Bill of Rights (7-3)
Federalist Papers (7-3)
What is a bicameral legislature? (7-2)
Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists & Why did Anti-Federalists oppose the Constitution? (7-3)
New Jersey Plan, Virginia Plan & The Great Compromise (7-2)
**be able to explain the differences between the New Jersey and Virginia Plans & how the Great Compromise
settled the differences between large and small states.
Three-fifths Compromises (7-2)
Important delegates to the Constitutional Convention (7-2)
III. Be able to list the three branches of government & identify the person or group who heads each branch & explain
what each branch’s powers/responsibilities are. (7-3)
IV. Be able to compare & contrast the AOC and the U.S. Constitution (p.30 T-chart & notes)
V. Roots of the Constitution (be able to explain how these ideas helped delegates to shape our
government/constitution) (7-3)
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Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, Iroquois League, English Parliament, Enlightenment Philosophers
VI. Ratification of the Constitution (7-3) (process & state votes)
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Be familiar with our representatives to the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives