Ch. 5 Shaping a New Nation- Define a republic
- Identify characteristics of state constitutions
- Describe aspects of the Articles of Confederation. Powers of the Articles? Main problems of the Articles?
- How to govern the public lands west of the Appalachians?- Explain the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
- What was significant about Shays's Rebellion?
- Where did the Constitutional Convention take place? Main players (people)?
- Explain the VA Plan, NJ Plan and the resulting Great Compromise
- How did the Three-Fifths Compromise deal with the slavery issue?
- Describe the 3 separate branches of government in terms of their powers
- How does the system of checks and balances relate to the 3 branches? Provide examples
- How does one become president? Explain the role of the electoral college.
- Differentiate beliefs of Federalists and Antifederalists
- What was the goal of The Federalist papers? Authors?
- Which group of people advocated the Bill of Rights?
- Identify the rights within the 1st and 4th amendments
