Politics of the United States Questions

___ served as Washington's secretary during the war and he despised the Articles of Confederation. He wanted a strong central government.

Sherman's plan was approved and it was called the __ __.

George Washington was 55 years old and represented Virginia. He was elected ______ of the convention. His presence was important.

The ______ opened in May, 1787, in Philadelphia. They met to revise the Articles of Confederation.

The upper house was called the _____ and members would be chosen by state legislatures and every state would get ____ senators. Small states liked this.

The most prepared delegate was ___ of Virginia. Madison is called the __ Father of the Constitution _.

The delegates got rid of the AOC and produced a new United States __.

Edmund Randolph and James Madison, both from Virginia, proposed a new plan of government called the __ __.

The lower house called the ___ would be elected by popular vote. This is based on population. Large states liked this.

The Northwest Ordinance was a success but the nation was in a period when business activity slows, prices and wages fall, and unemployment rises and it is called a _____.

Once a territory had a population of ____ settlers, it could ask Congress to be admitted as a new state.

____ of New Jersey proposed the New Jersey Plan which had three branches of government but the legislature had one house. Every state would have one vote, regardless of population.

One section in every township was set aside for _____.

They were __ __ delegates and the oldest was ________ who was 81 years old.

They attacked courthouses and prevented the state from seizing more farms that were in debt. The Massachusetts legislature sent in the _____ to drive the farmers away.

_______ finally gave up their land in the West and Maryland ratified the AOC in 1781.

The U.S. was in debt from the _____ but without the power to tax, Congress had no way to repay the debts.

Each territory would be surveyed and divided into townships and then each township would be divided into ______ sections.

Sections were sold for $640 a piece and the federally owned land was ______, or moved from public to private ownership.

Congress passed the _____. This law set up a government for the Northwest Territory and it gave basic rights to settlers and outlawed slavery.