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SS ch8 Vocab Bradyb.
Chapter 8 vocab
Question | Answer |
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narrow trail that led to Kentucky | Wilderness Road |
A gov. where people elect rep. to govern | republic |
first gov of the U.S. | Articles of Confederation |
law set up township in the western lands, which became known as the Northwest Territory | Land Ordinance of 1785 |
Land that formed the northwesten modern states | Northwest Territory |
law that organized the Northwest Territory | Northwest Ordinance |
Anti-tax protest by farmers | Shay's Rebellion |
metteng to change the Articles of Confederation | Constitutional Convention |
one of the leaders of the Constitutional Convention | James Madison |
plan called for rep. in legislature to be based on states' population or wealth | Virginia Plan |
plan called for each state to have equal rep. in the legislature | New Jersey Plan |
called for a two-house leg. | Great compromise |
way to count slaves for representation in taxation | Three-Fifths Compromise |
system of gov. in which power is shared | federalism |
people who supported ratification of the Constitution | Federalists |
people who oppose tarification of the Constitution | Antifederalists |
essays that defended the Constitution | The Federalist papers |
Influential Virginian who opposed the ratification of the Constitution | George Mason |
amendments in Constitution passed to protect individual rights | Bill of Rights |