Unit 7
Forming a New Nation
Lessons 1-6
Vocabulary
1. a person who supported a strong national
government and was in favor of adopting the
Constitution
A. confederation
2. a group of states that unite to form a larger state
with a central government
C. amendment
3. a change or addition
4. a person who opposed a strong national
government
5. of or relating to the central government of a
confederation
6. a settlement of a disagreement in which each side
agrees to give up part of its demands
7. the introduction of the U.S. Constitution
B. federal
D. Federalist
E. Antifederalist
F. compromise
G. Preamble
8.
the condition of being free
A. republic
9.
a rule or idea
B. principle
10. a form of government in which citizens elect
representatives to make laws and run the
government
C. liberty
D. legislative
branch
11. the Senate and the House of Representatives
E. Congress
12. the part of government that writes and passes
laws
13. the part of government that carries out the
laws
14. to reject a bill or law
F. executive
branch
G. veto
15. the right to vote
A. judicial branch
16. a system in which the national government and
the states share power
B. suffrage
17. the part of government that interprets and
applies laws
18. to protect
19. the official song of a nation
20. showing support for one’s country
C. federalism
D. safeguard
E. patriotic
F. national anthem
What were the Articles of Confederation?
A.
B.
C.
D.
a plan for a new government
limitations for westward expansion
a plan for taxation
part of each state’s constitution
Having a weak Congress with the Articles of
Confederation created problems for the United
States. All of these are problems EXCEPT:
Congress
trade
B. Congress
C. Congress
D. Congress
A.
could not collect taxes, or control
needed all states to agree on a law
could not print its own money
had won the war so they didn’t care
What did the Antifederalists want
to add to the Constitution?
A.
B.
C.
D.
a law to abolish
slavery
amendments
a spoonful of
sugar
a law on suffrage
What is the Bill of Rights?
laws having to do with
suffrage
B. checks and balances
C. the first ten
amendments of the
Constitution
D. the introduction to the
Constitution
A.
The year was 1788…
OK, here’s the deal…If you
agree to add a list of rights
to the Constitution, we will
agree to ratify it.
OK, you’ve got
a deal!
FEDERALISTS
ANTIFEDERALISTS
The Bill of Rights does NOT give U.S. citizens the
right to
a public and speedy trial
B. practice their religion
C. protest unfair laws
D. fail to pay taxes
A.
What does the judicial branch of the
government do?
makes the laws
B. carries out the laws
C. decides the meaning of the laws
D. plays “Go fish” to see who the winner is
A.
Who heads the executive branch?
Congress
B. the Senate
C. the President
D. the Supreme Court
A.
That would
be me!
How does the system of federalism
protect states’ rights?
checks
There is a system of
AND
balances
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
worked hard to
abolish slavery
B. win the right to vote for women
C. write the Constitution
D. pass the Bill of Rights
A.
Who wrote our national anthem?
What do the lyrics of “The Star Spangled
Banner” refer to?
the first official U.S. flag
B. the flag during a British attack on Fort
McHenry
C. the Patriots’ flag during the American
Revolution
D. the flag during the Civil War
A.
Why did American leaders not give the new
central government greater powers?
They thought that a strong _________
central
___________
government would abuse power like the
_____
king had.
Why did Alexander Hamilton want to change
the Articles of Confederation?
He thought they had created a _______
weak
___________
government that would _____.
fail
What was the difference between the Virginia
Plan and the New Jersey Plan?
The Virginia Plan gave ________
Congress more
power over the states and divided Congress
into _____
two houses. The New Jersey plan
created _____
one house where all states would
have the same number of ______________.
representatives
How did the Preamble of the Constitution
establish our government as different from
the government of Great Britain?
It stated that the government is run by the
_________
people not a __________.
monarch
How did the actions of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. result in the passing of a new law?
He led a ________
boycott and a ________
march which
resulted in the _______
Civil ________
Rights Act of
1964.
In what ways can U.S. citizens help safeguard
the rights of their fellow citizens?
They can…
be informed
read Dr. Seuss books
register to vote
sing really loudly
pay taxes
run for office
dance like you’re crazy
serve on juries
carry a bat around