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Ch7 Sec 1 & 2 quiz
Term | Definition |
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Economic Depression | business transactions slow down, wages drop and unemployment raises |
Bill of Rights | protected rights for people |
Executed | to carry out |
Land Ordinance of 1785 | the NW territory slit into townships 36 sections of 640 acres |
Northwest Ordinance | guaranteed basic rights for settlers and outlawed slavery |
Continental Congress | wrote the articles of confederation |
Constitution | document that set out laws and principals of gov't |
Executive | carried out the laws |
Legislative | passed the laws |
Judicial | decided if the laws were carried out fairly |
Compromise | a settlement which sides gave up some of their demands to make everyone happy |
3/5 Compromise | for slaves. EX: If there were 5000 slaves in Virginia than only 3000 of them would be counted in the population count |
Great Compromise | ended up with a two house legislative but no matter what your population was you can only have one vote in the house of reps |
Look at Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan, Shays Rebellion, Roger Sherman, James Madison, John Locke and Montesquieu on the Review sheet |