Name ____________________________________________
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Birth of a Nation Study Guide
People – (Write their full names not just last name)
1.
George Washington
President of the Constitutional Convention
2.
James Madison
Father of the Constitution
3.
Thomas Jefferson
President that bought the Louisiana Purchase
4.
James Madison
Wrote the Bill of Rights
5. _____James Monroe__________
President that warned European nations to stay out of
the Western hemisphere
6. _____George Washington______
President when Benjamin Banneker helped design
Washington D.C. as the new nation’s capital
7. _____Meriwether Lewis________
Explored the Louisiana Purchase (answers 7 and 8)
8. _____William Clark____________
9. _____John Adams_____________
Only one of the first five presidents NOT from Virginia
10.
James Madison_
President during the War of 1812
11.
John Adams
President when a two-party system emerged and he
had a cautious but forceful foreign policy
12.
Benjamin Banneker
African American astronomer and surveyor that
helped complete the design for Washington D.C.
13.
James Madison
Wrote the Virginia Plan
14.
George Washington
The Bill of the Rights was added to the Constitution
while he was president
15.
George Mason
Wrote the Virginia Declaration of Freedom, which the
Bill of Rights was based on
16.
Thomas Jefferson
Wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom,
which the Bill of Rights was based on.
Government
17.
Articles of Confederation
First Constitution of the United States in effect during
the American Revolution
18.
Great Compromise
Agreement that provided equal representation of the
States in the Senate while the number of
representatives in the House of Representatives was
determined by the state’s population
19.
Virginia Plan
Plan or structure of government that was written by
James Madison that called for three separate
branches of government
20.
Legislative Branch
Lawmaking branch of national government
21.
Executive Branch
Branch that enforces or carries out the law
22.
Judicial Branch
Branch that determines if laws are Constitutional
23.
President
Leader of the executive branch
24.
Congress
Body that represents the legislative branch
25.
Supreme Court
Body that represents the judicial branch
26.
Senate
2 houses of Congress (answers 26 and 27)
27.
House of Representatives
28.
House of Representatives
Number of representatives in this house depends on
the state’s population
29.
Senate
Each state gets 2 representatives in this house
30.
Federal System
Type of government that divides governmental
powers between the national government and the
government of the states
31.
Checks and Balances
Feature of our government that prevents any branch
from having too much power
32.
Bill of Rights
First ten amendments that provide a written
guarantee of individual rights
33.
Virginia
State from which 4 out of the first 5 presidents live
34.
Monroe Doctrine
Document issued to warn European nations not to
interfere in the Western Hemisphere
35.
War of 1812
Event that caused European nations to gain respect
for the United States
36.
One
Number of branches of government under the Articles
of Confederation
37.
Three
Number of branches of government today according
to the Constitution
38.
Philadelphia, PA
Where the Constitutional Convention took place
(City & Building) #38 & #39
39.
Independence Hall
40.
Nine
Number of states that needed to ratify (approve) the
Constitution of the United States
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
(List the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation)
41.
Weak national government
42.
Congress had no power to tax or regulate commerce (trade)
43.
No common currency (money)
44.
Each state had one vote (benefitted smaller states)
45.
There was no executive or judicial branch
First 5 Presidents of the United States (List them in order – first and last names)
46.
George Washington_
47.
John Adams
48.
Thomas Jefferson
49.
James Madison
50.
James Monroe